Bruised and Bloodied

My poor bruised and bloody child.

One day this past week, poor Jed managed to fall down the front concrete stairs, thereby giving himself a bloody nose, rasberry abrasion beneath his nose, and blackened right eye. Several hours later he fell in some other fashion and split his lip. In that miraculous toddler style, he bounced back from both with his usual cheery aplomb, soon tottering around the house with that awkward little gait and happy mumbles.

He manages to fall in some spectacular form or fashion every day and now the blood and bruises fade into one another... sometimes I can't quite tell where he's hit because there are already so many bruises on his poor little noggin. The unfortunate child definitely inherited his mother's coordination, and could probably use prayers on his behalf so that he will survive to adulthood. (I mention this wincing, recalling all those falls down the stairs before seminary... the black eyes from running into doors in a darkened house... the massive bruising of body and ego.... those teenage years really weren't the best of times for my physical prowess.)

Anyway, today we were over at the in-laws and enjoying a round or two of Wii Bowling, which is hardly the most strenuous of sports. I was trying to raise my Mii sports score, which, in a manner remarkably accurate in its assessment of my athletic ability, has rated me a solid zero on the "pro" sporting graph. Somehow I thought things would change in the virtual world.

So, there I am, bowling like crazy to get enough points to retain my tattered pride and I raise my hand back to let rip yet another spare when.... *BONK* my fantastic follow through manages to conk my wandering one year old right in the forehead. He went down, I went down, and we all sobbed in hilarity and sorrow as yet another abrasion was added to the collection. Yes, in the most tame of tame virtual sports, a game that has almost literally NO MOVEMENT and can be played sitting down, I still manage to injure myself and poor innocent babe. Oh, it was awful!