I’m sorry, mommy!
July 3, 2004 - 2:32 am
The kids were upstairs playing earlier tonight. I’m accustomed to all manner of thuds when they’re up there and tonight was no exception. ka-WHUMP. There were no immediate cries of distress so I ignored it. About 5 minutes later, my 4 year old comes into the kitchen. She’s pale, shaking, voice quivering. “I’m sorry, Mommy!”
“What happened?”
“The dresser fell on me.”
She was trying to get herself a pair of shorts and pulled her chest of drawers over on herself. She said she tried to be strong and put it back upright but she was just too little. If it weren’t for the toy box next to it, we might have had a pancake for a daughter tonight.
The whole “tried to be strong” thing got to me. Cripes. She’s just so very little.
July 3rd, 2004 at 3:16 am
Oh dear! Poor babe. I’m glad she was all right.