turns out i'm not supergirl

Well my dear friends, it has been awhile, but I got hurt today. It's funny how a long streak of good health and fast recoveries make you forget that you are not invincible. But after this afternoon's bike accident, I sit here with a sore jaw and swollen lip, skinned hands and a bruised leg, and a dull headache on the left side of my head where I hit the trail. I'm glad I wore a helmet.

Fortunately the roommate Rosanne and I were together, and I had my phone (which is another thing I don't always take with me, but today may have me convinced otherwise).  She called down the list of all our church friends who were nearby, and it was another one of those moments that I realized...times have changed in Sacramento. There was a time a year and a half ago when an injury or accident felt a lot more isolating and lonely, when I had only so many phone numbers within a 10 mile radius.

The boyfriend would laugh at my how I make dramatic conclusions or life lessons out of small things, but here we are: as I sit here with my head hurting and my body tired, I remember that some things take time and I can't control how fast my body heals. That I am made human and humans get hurt. And I am thankful that God gave friends and people to care for you.

On other notes, I put on the socks Jane gave me from Korea because they make me happy on this slow, tired night. It's the small things, guys.