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Sunday, July 24, 2016
Good Intentions
Always trying to do good, we decided to apologize to our two kids before nightly prayers. We wanted to show them that adults make mistakes and we weren't beyond apologizing. If you have read any of my previous posts, you know where this is heading.
Things started off well, as they should have, considering we had good intentions.
"Before we pray tonight, we just want to apologize to both of you for not always being the best parents. We can't lecture the two of you about things if we aren't doing the right things. That's not right," Daddy began.
We went on to apologize for specific things we'd done, the main one being about having disagreements in front of them when they were a little younger.
Feeling good about our good intentions, we prepared to pray.
I noticed the kids looking at each other. They had this look of "one accord". Any other time this would be great, especially since we talk to them about having a great bond and not having the common said "sibling rivalry".
So the first one started: the youngest one.
"Well we have some things we want to talk about that you all didn't mention."
His sister sat up with great posture and a little too much confidence and poise.
Before we knew it the two of them were tag-teaming as if they were headlining a WWE fight! They were on a roll.
It got to a point where Daddy and I were about to skip prayer all together. It suddenly got really hot.
"You know what. We are just gonna go back downstairs and pray for you. We just aren't in a good place right now!" we said, fanning.
Luckily we all simmered down and prayed. With limp hands.
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