airborne

a group of friends and i decided to take a stroll to the farmer's market today. i was really excited because i had borrowed a double stroller to use on our walk for the first time. things were going great (weather was nice, sky was clear, kids were behaving...you get the picture) until halfway to the market, as i was about to push the stroller up onto the sidewalk, the front left wheel of the stroller broke, catapulting emma out of the stroller face down on the concrete. i couldn't believe what i had just seen...my baby emma flying into the air and landing upside down on the ground. i was horrified. it actually took me a second to realize what had happened. i was in such shock that my friend, cristy, was actually the one who turned emma back over. luckily, emma was strapped nice and tightly in her carrier and the shade of the carrier was pulled over her so that no part of her body hit the concrete. she let out a big cry after she landed upside down, but quieted down once i held her in my arms. it was unbelievable to see her fly out of the stroller and land face down on the concrete; it is even more unbelievable that she didn't have a scratch on her. thank God for protecting my little girl. moral of the story: seatbelts work so use them.