High heels

Yesterday I wore a really vogue, cute pair of shoes to work. Since I am 43 now, I like to dress young, trendy, just to feel good about myself. These shoes are pink stacks with wooden heels. My husband commented on them as I was leaving, " why are you wearing those shoes?" I only wear them for a few minutes because once at work I change into scrubs and wear special shoes. I have always walked at a fast pace, like my mother, so my shoes have to keep up with me. As I was flying into work I slipped while clocking in. I did not think much about it since I had these new shoes on. Probably just needed to get used to them. Well, I worked my shift and prepared to leave work to pick up my children from school. I was flipping down the hall when all of a sudden my feet flew out from under me and I fell so hard it alarmed people in the hallway who rushed to my side. I saw stars, my legs went in separate directions and I landed on my left hip. It hurt terribly and I thought surely I had broken something. After accessing the damage I determined I could still walk with some pain but nothing appeared to be broken. I picked up my shoes and noticed that the pad on one of the heels had come off so I had no grip with that sole, thus causing me to slip and fall. I am so luckly to just be sore today. Tommorrow is Mother's Day. As I am reliving my fall I think about being a mother. If I don't raise my children with love, boundaries, concern, involvement, and real information they will slip and fall. What a gift and a challenge to raise children these days. I need to give them a solid base so when life comes at them unexpectedly they can keep going. I must teach them to look for places that could cause them to slip and be hurt. To check their pathway and make sure it is safe. To know that when they do fall I will have given them the courage to believe they can pick themselves up and try again. If I had only known that pad had come off my left shoe heel I would not have worn them, but I didn't so today I am hobbling from the soreness. We mothers better check out the condition of our children's shoes and where they are going once on.