TO TELL A LITTLE LIE OR A BIG TRUTH..

TONIGHT BRITTANY BELLE ASKED ME A QUESTION...

HAVE YOU EVER STOLE LIBRARY BOOKS?

I WAS KINDA PUZZLED AT THIS QUESTION..THE REAL ANSWER IS YES..BUT I DIDNT KNOW IF THATS WHAT I SHOULD TELL HER. I PONDERED BACK AND FORTH..I ASKED WHY SHE WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION AND SHE TOLD ME SHE REALLY LIKED ONE OF HER LIBRARY BOOKS AND DIDNT WANT TO TAKE IT BACK...

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF FOR A SECOND..IT WOULD JUST BE A SMALL LIE..BUT SOMETHING MADE ME TELL HER THE BIGGER TRUTH..I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO MY DAUGHTER THAT YES I HAD STOLE LIBRARY BOOKS BEFORE. NOT SOMETHING I AM PROUD OF. SHE ASKED IF I HAD EVER GOT INTO TROUBLE..THAT WAS EVEN HARDER BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS NO I DIDNT GET INTO TROUBLE. BUT I DID EXPLAIN TO HER THAT BECAUSE I HAD DONE THAT,  I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO CHECK OUT ANY OTHER BOOKS AT THAT PARTICULAR LIBRARY.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER TO MY DAUGHTER ABOUT STEALING LIBRARY BOOKS IN THE PAST.. SCOTT WAS SHOCKED SITTING BESIDE ME LISTENING TO ME ADMIT TO HER THAT I DID DO THAT! BUT I FIGURED THAT I WOULD BE HONEST WITH HER INSTEAD OF LYING...

I USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THAT SHE COULD RENEW THE BOOKS AND IF THERE WAS SOME SHE REALLY WANTED ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS ASK AND I WOULD MAKE SURE SHE HAD THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO STEAL ANYTHING. THAT SHE IS BETTER THAN WHAT I WAS AND SHE HAS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS NOW TO HELP MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS WHEN ITS A LOT MORE SERIOUS THAN LIBRARY BOOKS.

THIS JUST SHOWS THAT EVERYTHING  COMES FULL CIRCLE..INCLUDING ME DOING WRONG AND KEEPING LIBRARY BOOKS THAT DIDNT BELONG TO ME. MY CONFESSION WAS NOT IN A CHURCH WITH A PRIEST, BUT INSTEAD TO MY 8 YR OLD DAUGHTER. ITS HARD FOR ANYONE TO LEARN FROM SOMEONE ELSE'S MISTAKES BUT I PRAY SHE LEARNED THE RIGHT AND WRONG THING TO DO WITH OUR DISCUSSION.

IT ULTIMATELY FALLS ON HER. I THINK SHE UNDERSTANDS NOW AND WONT BE STEALING ANY BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY!

ITS AMAZING HOW SOMETHING SO FAR IN MY PAST GOT BROUGHT UP ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. IT GOES TO SHOW, THAT NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS WHEN IT COMES TO DISCUSSIONS WITH MY CHILDREN.

K JAGGERS

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