Today I fell off my bike.
Trust me, I've fallen off my bike before - I'm no stranger to embarrassing moments involving bikes.
The problem was that this time it was in front of a school building (with lots of spectators) and I had a nearly two-year-old strapped in behind me. And it all happened in a painful slow-motion. And we landed in an evergreen bush.
I wanted to laugh off the embarrassment and cry out my shaky-ness all at once, but no one was around besides my 4 year old who couldn't figure out why Oliver and I were lying down in the bush.
Until she came running across the street. I had no idea she had seen us, but I knew she was about twenty steps ahead of us at the cross walk before the fall. Instead of just glancing to see that I was okay, and going on her way she actually ran across the highway to check on me. To laugh a little with me, and to offer a tiny bit of comfort. And to change the subject when I was clearly done self-deprecating myself.
Today I am thankful for kind strangers.
Especially those who go a step further than I might if I was put in their situation.
Trust me, I've fallen off my bike before - I'm no stranger to embarrassing moments involving bikes.
The problem was that this time it was in front of a school building (with lots of spectators) and I had a nearly two-year-old strapped in behind me. And it all happened in a painful slow-motion. And we landed in an evergreen bush.
I wanted to laugh off the embarrassment and cry out my shaky-ness all at once, but no one was around besides my 4 year old who couldn't figure out why Oliver and I were lying down in the bush.
Until she came running across the street. I had no idea she had seen us, but I knew she was about twenty steps ahead of us at the cross walk before the fall. Instead of just glancing to see that I was okay, and going on her way she actually ran across the highway to check on me. To laugh a little with me, and to offer a tiny bit of comfort. And to change the subject when I was clearly done self-deprecating myself.
Today I am thankful for kind strangers.
Especially those who go a step further than I might if I was put in their situation.
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