sometimes things fall apart

in life, things fall apart. now this can be figurative as in a relationship falling apart or plans for a day falling apart. other times it is more literal. things physically separate and fall towards the center of the earth because of gravity. my evening involved the latter.

after dinner my dear friends erica and mel had the wonderful idea to enjoy watching the bachelor together. though we all admit it is horrible show, nonetheless we all have to know who brad is going to choose in the end {why are reality shows so addicting?!?} the three of us climbed onto mel's loft bed to watch together. we were all settled in with the show just beginning when the most absolutely unexpected thing happened. the boards holding the mattress and us up fell right through the frame and the next thing we knew we were falling to the ground, all three of us screaming our heads off. i have never been on the tower of terror ride but i assume it was something like that except when you are on a ride you are planning on falling. not so much for this bed. we were all sitting on the ground completely in shock of what had happened. after asking each other if we were all right we just kind of sat there. and then of course we started to laugh hysterically. when mel's roommate came in she helped us up and we just started cleaning up all the stuff we had landed on. Poor mel's chair and lamp came to tragic end and her favorite mug was de-handled. For the rest of the night we couldn't stop laughing and smiling at the randomness of this event.

god is so good to us. even while unexpectedly falling to the ground he protected us. because the mattress was underneath us, we are all basically injury free. we are all going to have interesting bruises tomorrow but nothing more than that. sometimes things fall apart, but sometimes they are supposed to. god is always in control of the breakage and will be sure things turn out right. though in the moment it was a rather frightening event, we will be able to look back and laugh. this is the kinda thing that would happen to the three of us. this is one of those stories we will be telling for years :)