In the spring of 2018, as I was leaving my house carrying large bags in either hand, I tripped on a ridge by the curb and fell. My forehead hit the pavement, as I wasn’t able to stop the fall with my hands.
Immediately, I began to pray by knowing it is my birthright, as the child of God, not to fall from God’s grace. I remembered these words from the Discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy: “Through discernment of the spiritual opposite of materiality, even the way through Christ, Truth, man will reopen with the key of divine Science the gates of Paradise which human beliefs have closed, and will find himself unfallen, upright, pure, and free …” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 171).
These inspirations enabled me to get up and continue with my day, but I soon realized I needed to give myself a Christian Science treatment, since I was experiencing pain. While there was no bleeding, a large bump had appeared on my forehead, and as the day progressed, the bruising and discoloration on my face became more obvious and painful. When my neighbor saw me, she was alarmed by my appearance and said, “It hurts to look at you.” So as not to alarm anyone else and not to be disturbed when someone looked at me with expressions of fear or pity, I called a Christian Science nursing facility nearby. They had a room available for me that night.
