ONE DAY AS WE WERE PREPARING TO GO TO GYMNASTICS WHEN MY CAR STARTED SKIPPING AND I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE CURB. A CLOUD OF STEAM COVERED THE FRONT OF MY CAR. THE FEAR IN MY CHILDREN'S VOICE SENT ME INTO THE COMFORTER MODE. AFTER I CALMED THEM DOWN I WENT INTO A PANIC MYSELF. HERE I WAS STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH SIX CHILDREN. MY CELL PHONE WAS MY ONLY LIFE LINE. AFTER REACHING MY HUSBAND I CALMED DOWN.
IT WAS THEN THAT I REALIZED THAT THE CHILDREN WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME. THEY HAD TURNED THIS INTO AN ADVENTURE. THEY WERE LAUGHING AND ENJOYING A CHANGE TO THE ROUTINE THEY HAD BEEN PROGRAMED TO. THEY WERE PLAYING GAMES AND SINGING.
IT SUDDENLY MADE ME AWARE OF HOW SERIOUS WE AS ADULTS TAKE THINGS. I WAS LIKE THE ANT ON A BUGS LIFE A BRANCH FELL IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS LOST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. THE CHILDREN ON THE OTHER HAND WERE IN A KINGDOM FIGHTING DRAGONS AND SAVING THE KINGDOM. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN LEARN TO DO THIS BUT I BET LIFE WOULD BE A LOT LOT BETTER IF WE COULD DO THIS IN EVERY SITUATION.
IT WAS THEN THAT I REALIZED THAT THE CHILDREN WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME. THEY HAD TURNED THIS INTO AN ADVENTURE. THEY WERE LAUGHING AND ENJOYING A CHANGE TO THE ROUTINE THEY HAD BEEN PROGRAMED TO. THEY WERE PLAYING GAMES AND SINGING.
IT SUDDENLY MADE ME AWARE OF HOW SERIOUS WE AS ADULTS TAKE THINGS. I WAS LIKE THE ANT ON A BUGS LIFE A BRANCH FELL IN FRONT OF ME AND I WAS LOST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. THE CHILDREN ON THE OTHER HAND WERE IN A KINGDOM FIGHTING DRAGONS AND SAVING THE KINGDOM. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN LEARN TO DO THIS BUT I BET LIFE WOULD BE A LOT LOT BETTER IF WE COULD DO THIS IN EVERY SITUATION.
