Monday, December 1, 2008

how NOT to start a Monday...

My 5 year old fell down the stairs today. From the very top to the very bottom.
After telling him about 100 thousand times NOT to play on the stairs. He got the wind knocked out of him and I cannot believe that boy did not break something. He was terrified, I was terrified, we did not have a good morning. They say the trick is not to panic...people have told me I tend to stay calm in a crisis...the go to person when things are crazy...little do they know, it is all an act, but when it is your child, this was very different. He is banged up pretty bad, a nasty scrape all the way down his back (we have no carpets in our house) and I am sure he will be black and blue. Needless to say, I was WAY late today for my Monday morning meeting...but what the hell...somethings are just a little more important than money.

3 comments:

Keith said...

We'll find how how many guys ready your blog, because they are all, every single one of them, me included, are going to say variants of "that's nothing, when I was a kid...."

Mine was falling out of a tree, and bouncing off several branches on the way down.

Kelly B. said...

Thanks Keith....I called my husband on the way to work nearly in tears and he says while laughing: "He's a boy. This is what boys do. Maybe he won't play on the stairs again..."

God help me with these two boys!!!!

Susi said...

Oh dear...I am showing my tomboy side...I thought the same as your hubby - "Well I guess he's learned now why not to play on the stairs!"

Of course the girlie side of me hopes that he's doing ok and that he's not too bruised up!

Hugs.

Kelly's Favorite Quotes

  • You can quit and they don't care...but YOU will always know.
  • You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt
  • "Always maintain composure and class. Hard work will yield results" - I live my life by this one
  • "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all others." - One of my favorite historical figures
  • "Don't hug me Mom, you are all sweaty!" - My 5 year old
  • "You're gonna run a 1/2 marathon in February, in ski pants?"-My Co-Worker
  • "Go for it! Let us know what you need." - My Boss
  • "It ain't the man in the fight, it's the fight in the man." - My Dad
  • "You signed up for...what?" - My Spouse