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TheHugeGuy
at Wed Aug 23 02:34:15 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by TheHugeGuy ]
I had something similar happen to me once ... perhaps sharing similar stories will help you to feel better. Mine was not with a gecko.
I work with children for a living, and one day I was sitting across a table from a 6-year old boy who I was speaking sternly to because he had hit another boy. I was sitting slightly to his right, and his jacket and backpack were on the table next to him on his left.
As soon as I had said to him, in a very angry sounding voice, "You do not hit other boys, that is not the right thing to do!" his backpack and jacket began to slide off the table on his left hand side. Purely out of reaction, I made a quick move with my right hand to grab the jacket, but succeeded mostly in backhanding this 6-year old across the face. The contact was so solid that his lip began to bleed.
I was in shock. I did my best to explain to him that I did not mean to hit him, and that it happened by accident when I made a quick move to his backpack. He was too shocked to speak at first, but eventually when he calmed down and listened to what I was telling him, he said that he knew it was an accident and that he forgave me.
When I told his mom what had happened, I was still so shaken up by it that I was close to tears. But she was totally calm about the whole thing, and told me that sometimes kids get hurt, and accidents like this happen.
I still have a wonderful relationship with this boy, despite this accident.
I'm sure that much like this boy, if your gecko was able to understand what happened, she would forgive you. And much like this boy's mother forgave me for what was clearly an accident, you need to forgive yourself.
I hope that my story has helped to provide some comfort, if nothing else.
Cheers.
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RE: Important warning... - TheHugeGuy, Wed Aug 23 02:34:15 2006