January 28, 2010
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A couple of days ago, I took Mattie and Caden to Wally World to get Mattie's allergy meds. Caden rides in the basket because he screams for me to let go of his hand if he walks. Mattie rides in the front, where kids are supposed to ride. I'm sure you've seen other mothers like me out there. It's just what you do. We were in the parking lot and I ran into an old co-worker. The parking lot here is on a slope. Anyhow, I was exchanging pleasantries with this lady and Caden reached far out over the left side of the buggy to pull himself to the truck. When he did this, he caused the entire buggy to flip over. I was holding onto the handle and so it pulled me down with it. As the buggy landed on it's side, Caden skidded out on his hands and Mattie skidded out on her head. I tell you've I've never seen something so stomach churning as my baby girl slamming into the asphalt. I scrambled on my knees to her and my friend grabbed Caden up. I immediately said prayers for them both. Caden was fine, skinned his hands and hurt his feelers. Mattie is fine, too. Skinned her head up pretty good and bruised her. But now she is scared to fall. She pulls herself up to tables and couches and then hangs on for dear life. Her legs will get shaky and she'll squeeze until her fingers are white just trying to hang on. God bless her precious heart, it's so sad. I'm just thankful that it's just a little fear of falling and scratches and bruises that she has. It looked like it could've been so much worse. Anyhow, I think I'm going to petition Wal-Mart to stock their stores with the buggies they have at Sam's. The side by side kids in front kind. The other kind with the blue seats on the back don't work...Caden will unbuckle himself and his sister...which would cause another accident. I figure they should do this, because research has shown that the large the buggy is the more people will buy. Apparently, people like to see their basket full.
I've watched my cousins compete today. It's extremely stressful...I yell and cheer like they can hear me. At least my heart is there with them. They qualified to compete in the finals tonight. You should watch. I would also appreciate any prayers you have for their safety and for their confidence to use the talents that God has blessed them with.
Okay, that's it for now. I've got school work.Love!
Comments (11)
my heart stopped for a moment. Glad that it wasn't more serious. Praying for healing and that Maddie loses the fear of falling. Praying for your cousins as well
Ouch. Sorry to hear, but these things happen. I know I've discussed a few falls with the kids as they got older, then asked them if they could "let it go now?" When they say yes, they start to heal the spirit. It sure does help them understand that they don't have to "hold" the fear. (pats heart and points to you)
Gosh Mornin Glorie...I'm so glad their o.k....and if they have burn like scrapes that yellow burn salve stuff is great, I can't remember what it's called - butil something or other - we used it on Sarah when she ate up some pavement with her face in kindergarten. If you want me to sign your petition just let me know....I've been trying to find the Moores on the computer today - I haven't had much luck with it though - but they do have articles and stuff about them....how cool !!! Now - get back to your school work and the x games....ilym
p.s.....thanks for sharin Whit, it means a whole lot
It's amazing how many bumps a child can have and bounce back afterwards. So scary at the time tho. !! <3
Oh my gosh, it is weird but I saw this happen just the other day at the check out area with a mom and 2 little ones. They were all screaming their heads off, but everyone looked ok. I know I am a big girl, but I can move like a gumba B when I hear a baby cry. so I checked them all out. The mother looked the worse for wear because it scared the bejeezes out of her. Hang in there babe. I am also praying for those boys, I worked today so didn't get to watch, but I will be watchibng tonight.
No matter how closely we watch, how hard we try to avoid it, things like this will happen. Kids spirits are so resilient though that little Mattie will be running before you know it. I was glad to hear though that the Lord was watching out for all of you and it wasn't worse. Love and hugs to you all - Gal
@ahna4 - lucky girl to have had you there. I wish you would've been there when we had our spill. It would've made me feel so much better. I totally yelled "Jesus!" when it happened, sort of like you do some times. "Talking" to you just reminded me of that. *sigh* I love you!
Oh my i am just reading this! Holy crap! I am glad everything is okay! I love yall so much - kiss Matties head for me. I will also sign anything that will help get those better buggies!
WEVE GOT A BIG NIGHT TONIGHT!
I'm praying for Mattie and Caden to heal completely as well as your cousins! I love you so much and am so sorry that you had to go through such a horrible ordeal! Let me know how your cousins do!!!
Im so glad they are ok... I'll call you later today to catch up! Love you, kiss the babies boo-boo's for me
Oh and I think the yellow stuff everyone is talking about might be "Tiger Balm"...
and I thought back about when Jet was about 6 months old...I was at Thriftway with both boys, which I didn't do very often because I became easily overwhelmed back then... Anyways... not very many people got to see Jet when he was tiny because I struggled with Post-partum Depression and didn't leave the house very often. One of the dishwashers I worked with at Maxey's took Jet out of his car seat to hold him and didn't strap him back in...I was carrying the car seat in one arm, Jhea in the other with 3 bags of groceries... I leaned into the back seat of the car to put Jhea down and OUT Jet came onto his head...SMACK! I'll never forget the sound...I was hysterical! I held him in my arms and drove like hell up to the Flower Shop...Aunt Butchie kept Jhea and Grandmother jumped into the car with me and held baby Jet... He seemed to be fine, just whimpered a little bit... We got to the ER and Dr.Barbour asked mom if I needed something to chill out... Turns out he had a skull fracture... We drove to Amarillo a few hours later and had a CT scan of his little head... He ended up staying overnight in the hospital for 'observation'... He was fine, but I have felt guilty since it happened... Now when someone asks, "Did you drop him on his head when he was a baby?" I just smile and say Yep! So thats whats wrong with him (:
Babies are strong!
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