Grace, Cell Phones and I'm Sorry

OK. So I was out riding my bike the other day and fell. Once you graduate to clip in pedals and shoes when this happens, you no longer fall OFF your bike, you fall WITH your bike. So I fell with my bike, got a pretty impressive scrape on my left knee (especially impressive before I cleaned up the congealed blood) and landed on my cell phone in the process and cracked the LCD screen.

Fortunately I was due for an upgrade or the cost would have been truly insane; as it was it was $159 BOGO. No deal, in my mind...so off I went to ATT to get the replacement, not an in and out visit.

I did this while my older daughter was at dance but did have my younger daughter with me and it ended up being a conversation about how she needed (i.e. wanted a cell phone) and one with parental controls to be used only in emergencies would not be part of her ideal future. It ended up turning into a battle of the wills which I won, I might add. But it also became an opportunity for us to have a discussion that included forgiveness and apologies. Being sorry and forgiven for heated words, for inappropriate attitudes and for a confusion for needs vs. wants.