Life Lesson Story.

I just accidentally put a laundry basket down on the lego ship that my 7 year old spent all day building.

I brought it to him and said,
"Buddy, I broke your ship;
I didn't see it and I sat something on it.
I'm so sorry."

His eyes widened in shock and he said,
"Oh man,
that took me a really long time to build.
I just finished it!"

After a moment,
I softy asked,
"are you mad?"
- his response brought me to tears.

He took a deep breath and said,
"I want to be mad,
but yesterday when I broke your favorite plate,
you didn't get mad at me.
You said it was just a plate and you didn't make me feel bad.
I know you liked that plate as much as I liked this ship.
It's okay, mom.
I can rebuild it."

heart melting

You know,
I just realized that I can tell my kids all day long what kind of people I hope they will be.
I can ask them to be loving and kind,
but in the end,
they will be what I've shown them to be, not what I told them to be.