Oh no, she thought.
She felt her feet slip from the ice-slicked sidewalk and begin their brief journey skyward. She felt her rear become her center of gravity before it would begin its inevitable plunge to the ground.
She tried to call for help, but it was too late.
This time she was going to go down. Hard.
This time it would be serious. This time there would be a calendar full of appointments, doctors, surgeons, physical therapy and…bills.
Oh the bills! There would be bills that spread across her dining room table until they spilled off onto the floor.
All of that lay ahead of her.
She was, if only for a moment…
Gracefully…
Mercifully…
Almost blissfully…
Suspended in the air.