don't be a crybaby woman!

these are words from my loving husband. i had just gashed my hand pretty badly and was crying when he said this. he does love me he just doesn't handle crisis well. in the grand spectrum of things this incident was not a crisis but at the time i was in some pain. i was trying to fix a loose towel bar, which happens pretty often without incident, and it slipped and gashed my hand. you know when you're a kid and you stub your toe you can cry because you know your parents will scoop you up and hold you until you settle down. when you're an adult and you stub your toe you mumble a couple of explicits under your breath and keep on going. that was my plan until i saw the gash and i started crying like a baby. that's when abram's concerned comment came in. he said you've had 3 kids and this is what you're crying about! i told him if i was giving birth simutaneously to having a gash in my hand that i would rather have the gash but this was not the case and i can cry if i want to! i love him he really is a sweetheart but it freaks him out when he can see that i might not have control of things. he and my sister forced me to let them call my stepmom who is a great nurse. my sister and i have 6 kids between us all under 6 so she is always on call with us! i did not want to call her because i knew that she would have to clean it and do all that nurse stuff and that meant more pain for me. of course i knew i had to and it was super painful. this morning is much better and my hand is on the mend. i'm sure decreased functionality has got to be a fear for all moms. this could have been worse so i'm very grateful.