Let’s face it, we all make rash decisions at times.  My most recent one was taking a 2, a 7, and an 11 year-old to the movies.  It’s amazing the things you can accomplish while the previews are on: the 2 year-old and I did step aerobics (repeatedly), explored the lighting systems on the floor, marveled at the big screen, pondered the recliner seats, and greeted other movie-goers as they entered.  My body became a human jungle gym during the movie as the 2 year-old sat, crawled, climbed, and lay across me.  He wasn’t afraid to comment (loudly) on the antics on the screen, occasionally asking, “What’s so funny?”  The highlight of the movie was when my nephew decided to take the lid off his cherry slushy and tip the cup upside down to see why it wasn’t coming out faster.  Red slushy in my lap was…interesting.  As we left the theater my other nephew said it looked like I’d wet my pants.  At that exact moment I discovered the slushy also found its way inside all the compartments of my purse.  So as I stop to reflect on our adventure, I realize there are a few lessons to be shared.

First, mothers should be paid a minimum wage.  AND, instead of hourly it should be tracked by the minute.  Second, giving a 2 year-old a cherry slushy is either extremely courageous or just plain stupid (you decide).  And last, the best lesson of all comes from scripture.  In 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, “Love is patient, love is kind…It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs…It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails…” I realize slushies come and slushies go (literally), pants get washed, purses get replaced, and kids grow up way too fast.  So I suggest we hang on to love, because it is the one thing that lasts forever.