I may have shared this before...but a few months ago, our minister's wife shared with me that when her daughter turned 2, she seemed to have a standing appointment with gravity.

I thought that was an interesting way of putting it - really quite apropos! Iliya had his share of bumps & bruises when he turned 2. But nothing like he has had lately!


Yesterday, I had to go to Montgomery for work, and I had barely gotten seated in our meeting...when my phone vibrated with a call from Iliya's teacher. He had fallen & smacked the bridge of his nose on the windowsill. It didn't seem to be broken, and they had done all the First Aid they knew to do for him...I just asked that they make sure to watch for signs of a concussion. Turns out, he was okay - but I had a horrible feeling, all day, that these things only seem to happen when I am out of town!


Then this morning, when I dropped Iliya off at school, he walked in the classroom and decided he wanted to color. He headed over to the table as I signed him in. I glanced over, just in time to see him trip & his temple connect with the edge of the table. His teacher made an ice-run, and I held him as he cried. I also dug in my purse to find some Ibuprofin to give him. He now has a goose-egg & a blue-line-bruise on the side of his head.

He looks like he's been in one heck of a boxing match.

I guess it may be part of being the mother of a boy...but I'm not really doing well with this whole gravity thing!