A good reminder! Odd that you posted today, I needed the reminder a few hours ago, I was paying attention to the young one, but not the older boy…who is Always so good about personal space even when spooked. Not today, but thankfully I had enough space for warning/moving as a ton of horse went through where I had been standing. But I was being more casual than I should have been.
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My heart was in my mouth as I read your post and your account of what happened. This:
… made me chuckle just a tiny bit. It takes a lot to keep some of us down! So glad you weren’t more seriously injured.
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Jingles that you have a complete recovery and so glad it wasn’t worse. I think most of us are guilty of being too lax around horses at times. Thank you for the much needed reminder 
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Glad you weren’t badly injured. My husband broke his leg when a young mustang I had who had major trust issues on who handled his hind feet (I was the only one he’d allow to handle his hinds). Husband, who used to trim and shoe our horses, picked up his hind foot before I could stop him and planted it on his knee to use as a pedestal. When horse realized it wasn’t me, he put his foot down and broke husband’s leg. It was a stupid thing to do with any horse but this one made sure he didn’t do it again.
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An old horseman told me “Its the good ones that’ll hurt ya!”
Yes he was talking about complacency and carelessness.
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I told my riding teacher your story this morning.
I think that even professionals sometimes need a reminder to follow safety procedures. She told me she always tries to be a good example to her students and boarders, and she did not mind the reminder at all.
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I’m sorry you had to go through that - it sounds awful! And thanks for the important reminder. All of my non-fall accidents (and a couple of falls) have been because of complacency:
leading a horse by the halter only (no lead rope) because we were just going from the stall to the indoor and she was the quietest horse in the barn. A crushed hand on Christmas Eve is enough to make sure I ALWAYS use a lead, no matter the horse and even if just moving a few feet up the barn aisle.
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OP, hope you’re feeling better, both physically & mentally 
Reading these replies reminded me, so…
Checking in with 2 More Things:
1-My vet got kicked just a day ago & is nursing a broken arm & torn tendons. She is probably one if the most careful/cautious I’ve ever seen work around horses. Sometimes S**t just happens. 
2-for levity:
Friend’s daughter was away at college when her horse kicked Dad & broke his leg.
When friend called daughter to report the accident in these words “Freckles kicked Dad and broke his leg”
Silence… Then daughter asked:
“Did you have to put him down?”
She assumed the broken leg was horse’s😖
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