Today is my 21st wedding anniversary. And yes, I have already arranged for a special gift for my wife, thank you very much. No last-minute scrambling this year. (I may or may not have scrambled the previous 20, but that’s neither here nor there.) For more reasons than the aforementioned, this anniversary would be different. And it started the night before.
“When you point your finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing right back at you.” Right back, indeed. I’ve had this wonderful truism illustrated quite clearly to me here recently. I have four wonderful boys. Each one having a unique and remarkable gift-set likely passed to them through their mother. However, I’ve noticed that each, unfortunately, is not without some degree of paternal influence as well. They have a tendency, at times, to leave their money lying about, willy nilly. A few quarters here and there – no big deal, right? Well, these guys have graduated to leaving 5s and 10s behind couch cushions, in the yard, and even with other people! (Yes, one of my boys would prefer to give his money away rather than be forced to hold onto it…bless his heart.) So, as any well-intentioned parent would do, I took their money to teach them a lesson. Yes. I took it. Likely not the best plan as they’ve since forgotten they even had it in the first place, and I’ve since forgotten where I put it.
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