One Tough Little Girl!

Makenna had an unfortunate accident yesterday....she was a little too curious, and a bit too quiet in the kitchen and ended up with 1st and 2nd degree burns just over her eye and on her left shoulder...as you can see, she is doing GREAT and the burns are really pretty minimal. HOWEVER, yesterday was a really tough day....getting a call at work that "something has happened" is not anything I would wish upon my worst enemy. In the two seconds I waited to hear what happened all of my worst fears surfaced-I was instantly sick to my stomach and my hands were trembling like leaves. In that moment is the stark reality of life-you have no idea what is going to happen next. Good, bad, wonderful, sad or tragic-you have NO control. I think I did a pretty good job of holding myself together while trying to figure out what to do. Luckily my mom was available by phone to talk me through deciding if Urgent Care was needed vs Emergency Room-and my wonderful Father In Law met me at the Urgent Care so that I wasn't alone...my Mother In Law was smart enough to call him right away as well so that he could help us out. The Urgent Care staff were wonderful and did not make Makenna wait-and they tried there best to stay out of the room b/c she really DID NOT like the nurse and she cried whenever she walked in! Makenna was an absolute trooper through all of this...fell asleep the minute we got into the car and took a two hour nap after getting home! She woke up acting like her normal self and today is just perfect!

All in all I think I learned a few very valuable lessons yesterday....

-The love I thought I had for my girls was multiplied by a million when I thought that something may have seriously happened to one of them.

-I have an amazing support system (I knew this, but in a time of need it really blew my mind how lucky I am).

-I have a flexible job that I am fortunate to have been able to just up and leave the minute my phone rang...I didn't even tell anyone I left or where I was going until after the fact.

-There is always a reason to be thankful and humble.

Sometimes what feels like problems or stresses are nothing compared to what really matters in life. What really matters in my life are my family and the people I surround myself with.

So all of that being said...

Thank You Kris for loving my children so much and taking such wonderful care of them

Thank You Mom for being there in a very scary moment when I really still needed my own Mom to help me through

Thank you Steve for coming to Urgent Care to make sure Makenna and I were okay-it really meant the world to me

Joe and I are so blessed.