Coincidence???

C got in trouble at school on Friday for telling his teacher

"I don't have time for this right now"

as she was trying to complete his mid-year assessment.

OK, I'll admit that I had to suppress a chuckle as his teacher was recounting the event - but talk about disrespectful!  And what's worse is that J and I know EXACTLY where he heard that phrase...it came right out of OUR mouths (directed toward C) just the night before! [Oddly, it never occurred to us how unkind and disrespectful it was until we heard him say it - funny how that works].  Can we say parenting FAIL!  UGHHH!

As it worked out, J and I were scheduled to go to a parenting conference at our church that very night.  And though I'm not particularly happy that C was disrespectful to his teacher and that J and I bear full responsibility for this particular infraction, that little kick-in-the-butt provided just the amount of humbling I needed to go to that conference with a teachable heart!  Coincidence...I think NOT!  :)

PS - the conference was GREAT!  William Farley author of Gospel Powered Parenting was our speaker.  Out of all of the Christian parenting resources, I'd say he is one of the best!  He's tough.  He knows parenting is hard and doesn't try to pretend like it's not - but at the same time he emphasizes the hope and promises of grace that we have in the Gospel (even...no, make that ESPECIALLY when we fail!).  Soooo encouraging!