The story behind the story...

So just the other day, our son Josiah and I went to the local craft store to take advantage of a frame sale they were having. I made a poster of Josiah and my husband in their Navy uniforms to be hung in his room. We had the poster in hand so he could help me pick out the frame he wanted. We ended up needing to get a total of 3 poster sized frames for various projects we have. We checked out the items, and Josiah was being a big helper by carrying 1 frame to the car while I got the other 2. We arrived at the car, and I was trying to get the back hatch of the car open. One of the frames slipped, and landed on my 2nd toe - of course on the first day of the year that I pull out the open shoes! It cut my toe and hurt really bad, but I thought I'd be OK. However, in the time that I was reacting to the frame hitting my foot, the 2nd frame I had slipped and fell on the side of my foot. I was trying so hard to just get the frames in the back of the car and Josiah in the car as well - I was thankful I only had Josiah with me so that I didn't have to deal with a 2 year old! I managed to limp my way into the car and after giving in to the idea of not driving myself home, I called my husband. He returned to where we were at, and we ventured to the ER for the afternoon. Yes indeed, I broke my toe with a poster frame! Oh what luck! It's a bit of a hassle not being able to walk every where I want and it takes a lot longer right now, but the posters that will be hung in Josiah's room (once I'm brave enough to carry the frames again), will have even more meaning and even more of a story behind them than they already do. Despite the pain, we can look back and laugh at the experience. Besides, since I'm in pain, the kids have been SUPER helpful & I'm loving it!