That phrase from my early childhood popped into my mind the other day when my foot missed the curb (British, kerb) completely and I went airborne. Flailing wildly, trying to keep my balance, I was unsuccessful and landed KERSPLAT! on the pavement, face first.
I am recuperating. I am very thankful that my injuries turned out to be minor. No broken glasses, no shards of glass protruding from my eye, no broken bones in the face or jaw, no teeth knocked out. Just a few painful scrapes and bruises on my hand, knee, leg, and eyebrow ridge. My right side has ached for several days with what I presume are bruised ribs. My right leg still aches from knee to ankle. I couldn't pick up anything with my right hand for a few days but it's gradually getting better. I can make a fist now but it hurt too much to make one when I first tried.
I am alive. In the few seconds I was falling and failing to remain erect, and also at the moment of impact, I wondered if I would be.
Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans.
Today is the 68th anniversaro of the day in 1957 that my mother finally succumbed to the horror of metastatic cancer after a long battle. She was 47.
I am 84.5 years old. I have a wife, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren. I have a roof over my head, food on my table, and shoes on my feet.
I am blessed, even if occasionally I faw down go boom.
I believe that the Lord protected me even though He did not suspend the Law of Gravity just for me.
Before I had a stroke every time I fell I landed on my face. Apparently faces are more supple trhan we tink them to be. In a twist to the narrative I had a stroke and now I fall on my bum go boom.
ReplyDeleteI think when one falls forward on one’s face one goes KERSPLT! but when one falls backward on one’s bum one goes KABLOOEY!
DeleteThe difference occurs because bum has an escape mechanism to rid itself of its contents.
I made all that up just now off the top of my head. Volunteers who wish to participate in an experiment to prove or disprove my theory will be paid handsomely .
Because I was hurtling forward through space I would have had to do a complete somersault to land on my bum and go KABLOOEY! Thank you, Emma!