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One way of falling, as rendered by Michelangelo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

“The leaves are finally falling.”
\n“Housing prices are falling.”
\n“My blood sugar is falling.”<\/p>\n

In the past week, I have thought each of these things. I have also, to my great displeasure, thought: I am falling!<\/p>\n

The problem was, rain had been falling. And the ground was wet and muddy and covered with fallen bark and leaves and branches from the eucalyptus trees all around.<\/p>\n

I was late– well, actually I was early, but the bus was early too, so relative to my goal I was late. And I waved to show I intended to catch the bus, but it was post-rainy and darkish and I was in a eucalyptus grove after all. So I ran to catch the bus before it left.<\/p>\n

And I fell. Hard. Caught by my sequined (yes, sequined!) 4-inch heels. And I landed on my knees.<\/p>\n

In the mud.<\/p>\n

In white pants.<\/p>\n

But I found my sailor’s tongue, cursed, got up, and caught the bus, managing to arrive somewhat worse for the wear and more than a little disoriented but on time to a talk on gene expression in blood assays.<\/p>\n

My knees are a little bloody. Does that count?<\/p>\n

Autumn comes and goes, and housing prices are cyclical, and my blood sugar levels trace sine curves. But I do not like falling. Especially not in white pants, in public.<\/p>\n

May it never happen again.<\/p>\n

And still there is that part of me that says, Hey, at least is wasn’t another diabetes-related blood sugar extravaganza. Nothing like a chronic illness to give you a bit of perverse perspective!<\/p>\n

And nothing like falling to give you a nasty set of knee-bruises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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