Rev. John Bressler - Falling down and getting up, always with God's help

Almost always, my articles are worked on for nearly a week because my mind works in mysterious ways.

So much for clever beginning.

Thursday morning, I got Charliedog hitched up and ready for his morning walk.

He gets me up almost every time at 6 a.m., pushes me with his paws and ignores my carefully-worded dog speak. He has a limited vocabulary.

Anyway, it was a beautiful morning, sun shining and not even too warm. We made it to the center of our driveway when suddenly, I felt my body go limp and hit the pavement ... hard.

Okay, John, you've fallen before, so check yourself out. I started with my ankle; hurts, but not broken; knee, hurts, but bendable; hip, same; shoulder, hurts. Now, let's sit up. Dadgummit, sit up! Up and sitting, bleeding a bit from the knee, arm — forgot about tha