Talk it Out

THIS is why openess and honesty is so important. Brooke looked so sad when I picked her up from school today. She was mopey when I dropped her off this morning, but I was hoping she would snap out of it while at school.


After prodding her a bit, she finally confronted me. "You called me a bad word this morning," she said sheepishly. "What? What word did I call you?" It all came back to me! If only she had said something this morning when I supposedly called her a "jerk," she could've been spared a whole day of misery. I explained to her first off that I would NEVER call either of my kids that word. "You know that's what I say to the bad drivers on the road." She began to realize that she was mistaken. I told her specifically, that I was talking about the truck driver who decided to cut everybody off to make a turn and proceed to drive like a snail. Jerk!


Well, lesson learned. If we just speak up and say what's bothering us, it may turn out to be one big misunderstanding and we can go on about our day cheerfully. Or it could be just what ya thought. In that case, you're S.O.L.