I have absolutely no time in my schedule for a broken foot

I’ve never broken my foot, that is, until last month, when I suddenly did. First time for everything, right? Well, new experiences tend to teach us new things about ourselves and others. Here I share some highlights of this wild journey of self-discovery I’ve been on this past month.

I Can(not?) Handle This

As a card-carrying member of the Mothership Guild, when I stumbled and fell, my first instinct was to say, “it’s probably just badly bruised” and then hobble off to attempt to continue running my errands for the day. I know Hashem only gives us what we can handle, and there was obviously no way I could handle a broken foot.

Surprise! As I soon found out, not only was I apparently wrong about what I can handle, I also found myself stuck in an Uber, having reached my destination, but unable to put any weight on my right foot. Not wanting to spend the rest of my day hanging out with this Uber driver, I rearranged my life to make a quick stop at the urgent care clinic.