October Quotables

Once upon a time, I loved blogging...

Today, I'm sitting on my couch with a broken ankle, trying not to have a panic attack over all the things that AREN'T getting done.  My sister suggested that I spend my time writing a million blog posts for her to read.  So, I dusted off the old blog and found a few drafts that I never actually published.  This story was worth sharing.  So Alivia, here's for you:

From October 2017:

Reillee and Sam were having a hard time paying attention to General Conference (how dare you interrupt my pajama church!), so I asked them both to sit up, pay attention to the next speaker, and write me a one paragraph summary of the talk.

Jeffrey R. Holland was up, and his talk was about striving for, and recognizing that we will never achieve, perfection.

When it ended, I reminded the girls to write their summaries.  Some time later, I reminded them again and asked them to bring me the finished product.  Sam quickly turned over a generic paragraph outlining something that could cover just about any talk.  No apologies.  Reillee, however, dragged her feet and dragged her feet and refused to give it to me...

I finally had to count...8, 9, 9 1/2, 9 3/4, 9 7/8, 9 9/10....and she burst into uncontrollable sobs, melting into a puddle on the floor.  I wondered if she had a puppy that I didn't know about that just died or something.  I mean, I've never seen anything like her sobbing!

When I was able to calm her down enough to make out the cause of her tears, I realized that she was ashamed that her paragraph about striving for perfection wasn't exactly perfect.

The greatest irony here is that the paragraph was pretty darn perfect.

Oh, Reillee!