I was in
church for my
youth group's
mass. This was attended my only
youth group members, basically all
high school students. The majority of them weren't really my friends, and many of them attended my
school, so they all knew me.
I had to read the list of
intentions after the reciting the
Nicene Creed. Since I was sitting in a
pew, I had to get up and walk to the
pulpit to read the
intentions.
The
pulpit at my
church has two steps leading up to it. The place where I stand to talk into the
microphone is at least a foot higher than the surrounding floor. I decided not not walk up the stairs, but I was going to jump up onto the base of the pulpit. This was a mistake. My
ankle caught the edge of the base, causing me to fall forward. Once I was on my face, I started falling down the stairs onto the floor. Realizing what I had done, I hopped right up and read the
intentions so I could sit down.
Once I returned to my seat I found I had cut open my
ankle from the fall.
Adding injury to insult. The worst part is, I had to face every single person in the
church over and over again, not only in
youth group, but in
school.