A Blessing?

Manhattan has had glasses for over a year and she has done an amazing job taking care of them.  On Monday morning as she was putting them on the arm came out.  She was so apologetic  - no big deal.  Morgan took them by the glasses place and they glued them in no big deal.  So . . .   then that night Hattie and Marin were playing in the gym during our school's PTO meeting (being monitored by Morgan).  She and her friend Drew were tossing the gym balls when she was knocked in the head by a ball.  Her glasses were broken again and tangled in her hair. She was so upset - Drew was devastated.  Manhattan has some battle scars but she was fine.  Still, many tears were shed by both kids with tons of apologies.  They both felt SO bad. 

All Morgan and I could say was "oh well, accidents happen."  Both of the kids felt so bad.  Of course, we assured the other parents that it was no big deal - since it wasn't.  I am grateful that they both were concerned about how much it would cost to get the glasses fixed, whether we would be mad, etc. but it was so not important.  My whole thought that night and still today is "you and Drew are way more important than any pair of glasses."  We would never put a glasses or the money before you two.  We have become friends with Drew's parents and we truly love and admire them - we would never let something like a silly accident cause a problem!  Luckily we had her old pair - she can't see as well but she can see.  So now we wait for a new pair on order and the backup pairs we ordered online! 

Sometimes a little accident like this is a good way to let your kids now that they are more important than other things that weigh us down in life like finances or time.  They are WAY more important!  So you could say it was a BLESSING!