Today's musical recommendation -> "Without You" by David Guetta
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December 4/11 - Sometimes little things work out
Last Thursday was one of those interesting days that happen
every now and again.
I was having a really bad day at work when my cell phone
rang at 2:50pm with a blocked id showing. Now normally I don't answer my cell
if I don't recognize the number but this was around the time my son gets out of
school so something made me answer it........and lo and behold it was one of
the jewels of my eye calling me to tell me he'd missed the bus home and could I
come and get him since he was with me that night. I grabbed my jacket, locked
my office, and just left without saying anything to anyone as I was more than a
bit worried what might come out of my mouth at the moment........
Now my sons high school is literally a 5 minute drive from
both my house and work, one of the key selling points of the home when I bought
it, so when I got to the school and walked into the atrium to find him I could
feel my anger starting to fade away.....looking up at one of the monitors
arranged around the atrium I could see playing some montage of students doing a
variety of activities and I paused as there was one of my son running around in
gym class......the huge smile on his face and crowd of classmates around him
was one of those sights all parents love to see.....I glanced across the foyer
to see him sitting at a table texting someone on his cell and wondered who the
lucky girl was when my phone beeped and sure enough there was a text from him
telling me he was sorry for missing the bus and making me take off from
work.........I whistled and he looked up and saw me and that smile flashed out
once more.......we walked out to the car and I asked him how he managed to miss
the bus, he laughed and said he got confused when it wasn't in the usual spot
in the bus line and didn't realize where it was until it drove away, and once again
said he was sorry and he hoped I wasn't too mad at him.........I told him I
wasn't mad at all and he asked than why did I look mad and I explained about
having a bad day at work......he smiled and said he understood as sometimes he
has a bad day at school and he doesn't smile much either lol
I looked over at him and said I was actually kind of proud
of him that he had lasted until December before missing the bus and that his
mom and I had figured we'd have gotten a call long before today about him missing
a bus to/from school......he kind of smiled and said "gee thanks for the
vote of confidence".....lol
After I dropped him off at home I went back to work and on
the drive there realized how different he had it from when I had to catch a bus
to/from school.......I know if I'd missed the bus I'd have never heard the end
of it and it dawned on me I was the exact opposite parent from my own
father.........and I realized that I have been taking the tact that whenever a
decision comes up that involved my kids I'd ask myself what would my own
parents have done and pretty much take the exact opposite approach.....and so
far my kids are turning out to be pretty awesome people.......of course we all
say that and there is nothing wrong with it......
So by the time I got back to the office my mood was gone and
I was able to manage the conflict that had started my bad mood in the first
place......thanks to my son missing the bus......
Now I'll agree that this posting has nothing to do with
dating but I don't ever remember saying each and every post would now did
I?...................
What it does do is remind me how incredibly fortunate I've
been to be dad to two pretty wonderful kids, kids who can make me smile even
when they are doing something wrong....and in the end there is nothing wrong
with that is there...........
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