My crash landing

On Wednesday night, Scott and I dropped the boys off at a skate park and went on an hour long date.  During our time together, we quickly discussed lots of things, one of which was my knee.  I was getting concerned about re-injuring it by slipping on the ice this winter, or even from falling down the stairs to our basement (which is where my office and laundry room are located).  Anyhow, the very next day it happened!  I had just returned with the boys from the library where I picked up a huge stack of books (about 20 of them!) that I had reserved for school.  While walking from our van to the garage door I slipped on a puddle of water – while carrying the majority of that big stack of books!  It’s all a big blur to me, but I ended up screaming on the concrete floor, on my side, with half of my face submerged in the puddle.  I think that I fell backwards and that in the process my bad knee abruptly bent further than it has been able to since before the accident.  Then I must have immediately straightened it and rolled onto my side.

Anyhow, Scott was home and so he was there to help in no time at all.  He lifted me up, but then had to lay me back down so I wouldn’t pass out from the intense pain in my knee.  Meanwhile, both boys were crying (they had witnessed the whole thing), so Scott took them inside to calm them down and then he picked up my purse and all of the library books that were strewn about the floor around me.  Scott helped me inside and we then straightened, iced and elevated my knee and then I took some pain meds.

So now I’m doing ok.  My knee is swollen and it hurts a lot, but I’m ok.  I can walk.  I can stand.  And what amazes me is the fact that I have no bruises, cuts or pains anywhere else on my entire body.  None of the books fell on top of me or jabbed me in any way.  I fell hard and fast onto a concrete floor.  It doesn’t make any sense to me, but I’m so very thankful for God’s protection!!  And maybe in the end, I’ll have more range of motion as a result of the fall!