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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Learning a Lesson
What do you say to one of your kids, when they make a choice that they later realize was not what they really wanted?
Yesterday, Jon and I were going to a wedding. I knew that the ceremony would be short and sweet and it would okay if the girls wanted to tag along. So we gave them the choice and both Savannah and Melanie said that they wanted to go to the wedding. We all got dressed up and then drove over to Jon's parent's house to drop Spencer off. However, when we arrived at Grandma's house, Savannah suddenly decided that she wanted to stay there and play with her cousins. So Savannah and Spencer were left at Grandma's and Melanie got to be an only child for about an hour.
Jon and I came back to pick the kids up and Savannah was there in tears. She was so upset that she didn't go. Apparently she had changed her mind after we had left, but it was too late. So she was left behind. She was so upset. I tried to tell her that she was the one that had made the decision to not go and that it was not Jon or I's fault for her missing out. This only made her more upset. But it's a hard lesson to learn that it's your own fault when you make decisions that make you miss out on things. She still gave me a hard time this morning that we got to have cake and she didn't! Tough luck.
Yesterday, Jon and I were going to a wedding. I knew that the ceremony would be short and sweet and it would okay if the girls wanted to tag along. So we gave them the choice and both Savannah and Melanie said that they wanted to go to the wedding. We all got dressed up and then drove over to Jon's parent's house to drop Spencer off. However, when we arrived at Grandma's house, Savannah suddenly decided that she wanted to stay there and play with her cousins. So Savannah and Spencer were left at Grandma's and Melanie got to be an only child for about an hour.
Jon and I came back to pick the kids up and Savannah was there in tears. She was so upset that she didn't go. Apparently she had changed her mind after we had left, but it was too late. So she was left behind. She was so upset. I tried to tell her that she was the one that had made the decision to not go and that it was not Jon or I's fault for her missing out. This only made her more upset. But it's a hard lesson to learn that it's your own fault when you make decisions that make you miss out on things. She still gave me a hard time this morning that we got to have cake and she didn't! Tough luck.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Just a Reminder
I think that Jon has reminded me everyday that no one has commented on my last post; however, I really wasn't expecting that anyone would. But I would like to remind all of you that Jon will be golfing tomorrow to benefit our sister-in-law's mother's cancer recovery. My brother has spent a lot of time trying to organize the tournament and I'm grateful that Jon is willing to go and participate. I'm aware that this is a difficult time of year to ask anyone for money, but we would really appreciate any amount that you could donate, even if it is $5. Plus, everything that you donate is also tax deductible. And if you forget to donate by Saturday, then do it when you remember. Click here to make a payment online. Remember to specify Margaret Manning as the recipient. Or you can always mail a check to: Positive Impact; PO Box 8048; Chandler AZ 85246. Make the check out to Positive Impact, with Margaret Manning in the Memo line. Thank you so much for all of your help.
And do you know what the most frustrating part of this tournament is? That we're not physically collecting any of the funds, so Jon and I don't have any idea how much money we've helped raise. We've had a lot of positive feedback from friends, but we really don't know if anyone that we've contacted is donating anything. We do know that our life insurance agent is supposedly donating $50, but that's the only donation that we actually know of. So, please donate and hopefully we can get a print out of all the donations and I might actually see some of your names on it. That would really make my day to know that some of our efforts in phone calls and emails actually paid off, because Jon and I were trying to raise $1000. Hopefully, we can get somewhere close to that though. Thanks again!
And do you know what the most frustrating part of this tournament is? That we're not physically collecting any of the funds, so Jon and I don't have any idea how much money we've helped raise. We've had a lot of positive feedback from friends, but we really don't know if anyone that we've contacted is donating anything. We do know that our life insurance agent is supposedly donating $50, but that's the only donation that we actually know of. So, please donate and hopefully we can get a print out of all the donations and I might actually see some of your names on it. That would really make my day to know that some of our efforts in phone calls and emails actually paid off, because Jon and I were trying to raise $1000. Hopefully, we can get somewhere close to that though. Thanks again!
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