How Do You Feel When Your Child Gets Hurt?

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Got A Ouchie Mama..

The other day we were out for lunch and as we were leaving, Aidan had a bit of a fall outside of the restaurant. He bumped his head and scraped it open. I saw blood. I felt like fainting.

He and Kurt were walking ahead of me and Alyssa, so we could almost watch it unfold.

It was clearly an accident but for some reason, I felt angry.

Nevermind the child who’s bleeding and crying, I was so just so furious that it happened.

I was mad at myself for not preventing it. I was upset with Kurt for not preventing it.

I felt angry at the restaurant for not having supervision.

I felt I needed someone to blame, even though it was just an accident.

So why did I feel that way?

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