fragile

Yesterday

this child

fell from her bike,

I heard 

the smack of her helmet

against the road.

She sat 

dazed and crying.

I monitored her closely for the next hours, pestering her with questions to see if she was alert, peering into the bright blue windows of her soul, watching, worrying, wondering.

We all know that life is fragile, that changes can happen in an instant.

I'm very  thankful, that I insist on helmets. This one is cracked.

Thank you Lord!