Rewind

Things That Went Right Today:

1) Preschool Easter party today
2) Being the Grammarian at toastmasters tonight
3) Feeling inspired


Ever had a moment where you just wish you could press a rewind button and start over?  Yeah that was me this morning. My 14 year old son attends an early morning before school scripture study class at our church. He normally gets a ride with a neighbor friend of ours who also goes. For some reason she could not attend this morning, but he forgot to tell me that she couldn't drive him until about 5 minutes before he needed to leave. So I was not dressed or ready to take him, nor did I expect to be going out in the cold. Besides it was 5:45 in the morning, and figuring he was about ready to leave I had just settled back in to grab some extra zzz's before the next round of kids had to get up and moving. Needless to say I was not thrilled to get his frantic text that I needed to take him to the class...and we needed to leave right away.  I'm not proud to admit that I got pretty testy about it actually. Told him it was inconsiderate of him not to give me more notice. Sigh. Dang. Wish I had just taken a breath before opening my mouth on that one.

It was only a minute or two of grumbling before gratitude kicked back in though. The obvious realization that here was a teenage boy willing to get up at the crack of dawn to go study scriptures??? Wow. And he hadn't meant to be rude. He simply had forgotten. Don't we all forget things? So I backtracked as best as I could. Apologized and told him that I loved him and was grateful to him for being so faithful in attending the class.   I am thankful today for the power that the words "I'm sorry" have to help us rewind when our mouths work faster than our brains like mine did this morning.  And I'm grateful for a son whose only reply was, "It's ok Mom. Love you too!"