An apology

I had to apologize to Mattie Monday night. She immediately forgave me and said, "Thats ok". immediately. not a few minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades...immediately. it's a very freeing experience to have to ask your child for their forgiveness and admit you were wrong. if only i could do as she did. yesterday, Ryder and i were in the car and he kept saying i did something the i didn't do so i explained to him in a rather loud voice that i didn't do it. he said, 'stop yelling at me mom'. later he did something and told me he was sorry...out of the blue and on his own. i immediately felt convicted and said i was sorry for 'yelling' at him.

if only we as adults could follow in their footsteps....hhhmmmm.