I still cannot believe it happened....but I totally fell down in oour local convenience store parking lot!! I got my foot tangled in my flip flop and bam! All the way down on my hiney. I caught myself in the car next to mine. It turned out to be someone I know which made it funnier. I had to sit there a moment and make sure I had not really hurt myself. As I sat there in disbelief, I started shaking (???), then laughing when I realized I was fine but still sitting on my bottom in a public parking lot! I finally got up, brushed myself off (cause I didn't need any gravel jewelry), went searching for my eyeglasses (new jewelry I acquired at 40-don't laugh.....your day is coming!) and reassured my friend I was ok. After I got back in my car and put a bandage on my scraped up elbow, I realized I was totally fine. I probably will feel sore the next few days, but basically there was not really any harm. I almost felt ecstatic to realize I was really okay (now, that COULD also be because I don't have any health insurance!) and hadn't hurt myself much at all. Then, I started laughing because it had to have been quite the show! I can only imagine. But it is the perfect analogy for my life right now. I have fallen down, I got hurt a little and I may have some heartache or soreness every now and then, but basically I am okay! I picked myself up, dusted myself off and went right on about my business. Like I say all the time now-it's onward and upward!! I fell. So what? Who cares? I'm fine and I learned a valuable lesson. Don't wear flip flops that are a tiny bit too big! And that other little lesson that life is going to knock us down sometimes. The trick is to getting back up with as much grace as we can muster. Oh, and praying that the kid with the cell phone camera is kind enough not to post it!!! I paid him well enough. :)
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