The Boni Bunch: Mommies aren't supposed to get hurt

Friday, November 1, 2013

Mommies aren't supposed to get hurt

Last night, I took the kids to do some trick-or-treating for Halloween. Tim wasn't able to go with us because he hurt his back ...so he stayed in bed!

The night started wonderfully! We met up with my friend, Rebecca, and her two kids at a local church for their "Trunk 'r Treat" event. The kids LOVED that...they got TONS of candy and didn't have to do anything except hold open their bags!!

From there, we went to my friend's house- Connie. She told us the house across the street was "safe" and to go over there for candy too! So, in the dark, the kids and I ran across to the other house. EVIDENTLY, in the dark, it was next to impossible to see the step on their sidewalk leading up to their house! I found it the hard way as I was running... I fell... HARD!!

I landed first on my knee, then ever-so-gracefully, down onto my chest/ribs, then my arms slapped the concrete. All I could do was cry. I rolled off the sidewalk and onto the grass. The kids stood around me... Xander kept asking if I was okay. I was crying... it hurt ... BAD. I used my cell to call Connie to come help me, but she didn't answer, so there I was- laying on the lawn of her neighbor...unable to move. The wind was completely knocked out of me. I didn't know what to do. At that moment, it occurred to me that my kids were just as shaken up by me falling as I was...but in a different way. They were all not just standing around me and checking on me, they were crying too! They said that I scared them and they didn't know what to do. Bella just started saying, "I just want to go home!" Xander kept rubbing my arm.

I finally composed myself...now that I realized I scared my kids. I got up off the ground and we walked... slowly... back to the van. While driving home, Xander was still crying- the other kids were over it! I asked him why he was still crying...

"Because mommy, you scared me. And just sitting here thinking about it again makes me cry all over again. I don't like to see you hurting. Mommies aren't supposed to get hurt!"

His big heart makes me proud. I told him that I appreciate how much he cares for me...that it means a lot to me that he hurts when I hurt. I love that kid so much. It made me sad that they were all so scared... may this mommy NEVER get hurt in front of them again... because...

MOMMIES AREN'T SUPPOSED TO GET HURT!

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You know you're a mom if...

...if kids songs are the ones stuck in your head (from Renee)
...if you realize your kids are 3 years old and it is time to start carrying a normal purse and no longer the diaper bag as your purse (from Renee)
...if you find kid's food in your purse or toys (from Renee)
...if you know every episode of spongebob!! (from Michelle)
...if your kids are bathed, fed, and dressed while you are famished and unbathed in your PJ's...And then at that point you have to say screw it, because you cant leave them unattended in the house long enough to take a quick shower, so you pray tomorrow is a better day! (from Jackie & Jennifer)
...if you walk through the halls of your local kindergarten and all the kids start saluting you because they have been informed you are the President of Oklahoma (yes thats right, Oklahoma, not the United States) (from Jennifer)
...if you go to work and have a coworker tell you you have something on your shirt and you look at it only to find that one of your children has used your shirt as a kleenex (from Rachael)
...if you can hug and kiss a child whose breath smells worse than a dragon's after he/she has been throwing up for most of the day and night. And, not throw up yourself in the process (from Marla)
...if the school principal calls you because your child brought your bra to their kindergarten class for show and tell (from Jennifer)
...if your extended relatives know which parts of your body have hair and which ones dont because it was your childs topic of choice at a Christmas (from Jennifer)
...if you don't mind if your kids drink out of your glass and you will still drink from it too (from Marcia)
...if your living room looks more like a play area for kids than a nice place to entertain guests (mine)
...if you have a funny story (funny now, but not at the time)...how your son passing gas during a diaper change managed to shoot a poo ball on your cheek! (from Sandi)
...if you see your parents in a whole new light! (from Katrina)
...if you carry a diaper bag as a purse (from Kelly)
...if you have items in your purse that would normally be found in a baby's room or diaper bag (from Wendy)
...if nasty bodily fluids don't bother you; OR if you have other children spit their gum into your hand when they're done! (from Candace)
...if your belly gradually got huge over 9 months. Then you suddenly had a bunch of pain followed by a human coming out of you! (from Elizabeth)
...if you start saying the phrase, "Because I said so!" and it may be to a coworker, not your children! (from Melanie)
...if you can change a dirty diaper and not get the dry heaves because it looks like pea soup & smells worse (from Diana)
...if you will eat something out of your child's mouth that they refuse to eat. (from Courtney)
...if you find Cheerios in the bottom of your purse, couch, vehicle... (from Sahar)
...if You're stopped in walmart by a nice lady who says.."Excuse me, miss....you have some cheerios stuck to your butt" (from Kym)
...if your printer mysteriously quits working a week after you buy it. You send it in for under warranty repairs and Lexmark sends it back with a note that has a Barbie shoe taped to it and all it says is we found the problem (from Amanda)
...if most of your shirts are stained on the shoulder (from droop & goop)
...if you keep a box of baby wipes in the car...just in case
...if you pull something out of your purse and a baby sock falls out
...if your dishwasher has no real cups...all sippy cups & bottles

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Mommies aren't supposed to get hurt

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