Being a mom

I think for me being a mom is being in constant worry for the worst thing that could happen to my sons. I already have this bad imagination due to watching too much TV or movies. So I have this frequent flashes of bad scenarios that could happen to my kids. The good thing is that I also frequently have to pray to God for the safety of my sons.***Yesterday my mom called me from work. I saw the phone ID on the LCD of my work phone and went straight to the desk phone. I was panicking. I finally talked to her and she said that everything is ok except that Noah had an accident, he had punctured the base of his right thumb with my dad's old fishing hook. My dad and mom got panicky, but the great thing was we had great neighbors that helped my dad drive to the nearest hospital. So the doctor anesthetized the area and as fishing hooks are darn hard to pull out, he had to push the hook further out and then cut the end to be able to pull it out. I could just imagine my Noah crying like there was no tomorrow. I thank God that everything went ok so far. It could have been worse. Today I had to see his pediatrician to check his wound out. He has developed cellulitis and was prescribed an antibiotic, and he had additional tetanus shot and his other remaining vaccines. Right now I am just waiting to pick up Chris from the train station so we could go to Camp Pendelton to get the prescription filled. Ahhhhh... unfortunately I have realized that I will have to be in this constant state of vigilance for the safety of my sons and the feeling that there will be more situations like this as they grow up. It sucks but that's life as mom.