Angels

"He's got His angels watchin' over me, every step I take! Angels watchin' over meeeeeeee!!" There's some old school Amy Grant for ya! :) How true this song is! Yesterday, I was doing laundry, in the basement, when I hear a thud, thud, thud and see Squiggy, Cora's singing seahorse, come down the stairs followed by CORA!!!!!!!!! I dropped what I was doing and ran the few steps to her, scooped her up and somehow flew up the stairs. I was terrified! This all took a few seconds and in those seconds I computed the following: She's screaming--good; she's not bleeding--good; she's not passing out--good; nothing seems to be broken, we'll assess that in a minute--good. I called David to come home right away (we only have 1 vehicle), got ice because she kept holding her chin and then called my sister to see if I should take her to the dr. I have no idea how much time all of this took--probably less than 10 minutes--but it felt like an eternity. What I found out was Cora was/is perfectly fine. She tumbled down the stairs and her chin is a little skinned, didn't even bleed. Within the first 10 minutes of it all I was able to assess that nothing was broken because she wanted to walk around and gather up some toys. I think we were both very frightened and we just hugged and hung on to each other for a while. I am PRAISING the Lord she is OK! I'm PRAISING the Lord she landed feet first on the concrete basement floor and not on her head. I'm PRAISING the Lord nothing is broken, there was no blood, and that she didn't pass out. I'm still shaking some because I keep thinking of the "what ifs" but I'm just so thankful for the Lord's protection on Cora. My MIL and her husband came to visit us too yesterday (arriving about 15 min after it all happened) and she reminded me that this sort of thing will happen again. I then had the thought, "yep, it sure will! We're having a boy!" :) Lord, give me the strength!!!!!