[blparent] Feeling Bad Today

[Jeri Milton]

Hi everyone. I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween. We had fun but
something happened and I'm feeling awful about it. Katlyn, my daughter, was
running back to meet me at the end of a drive way, she was so cute, giggling
away all excited that she got some candy. She missed the little bump at the
end of the driveway and fell. She hit her head pretty hard. I immediately
picked her up and was feeling all over her face for any bumps or blood. I
didn't feel anything so I just told her that she was going to be ok and we
moved on, but she cried for quite a while. When she stopped crying she just
told me that her hand was hurting. My friend that was with us only saw a
little scrape on her hand, but nothing on her face. Well, later after we
were home she was crying because she didn't want to go to bed. I was
brushing her hair out of her eyes and felt it. A large goose egg bump right
above her eyes! I felt terrible that I hadn't felt it earlier in the night.
She probably had such a head ache which also explains her grumpy mood.
Normally Kate loves to play with everyone, but after she fell she just
stayed really winey. We had a late night together on the couch with ice on
her head. She's doing fine today, but I'm just feeling bad about it. I know
this can happen to anyone sited or not, but naturally I feel bad because I
couldn't see it. Maybe it's my turn to feel sorry for myself today. Have any
of you experienced something like this as well?  

 

Jeri