Day 7: Breathe, Seek, Play...Spilled Milk

Well, ok it wasn't spilled milk. It was more like broken glass. Garage Glass Window - 1 Cooper - 0 This wasn't the first time our garage door glass was broken, first it was Elliott with a basketball...today it was Cooper with a tennis ball. I found out how to replace the glass the first time on youtube with a how to video. I discovered this after calling after hour glass repairmen to do the work (with no answer). The first time the glass was broken it was on a weekend and we couldn't leave a big gaping hole in our garage that anyone could crawl through, and the dog could escape. After watching the video, I felt confident I could take on the job. I have tools and I am not afraid to use them. I measured the glass and removed the shards of broken glass, then I removed the wooden frame. A quick trip to Lowe's to get a "Glass Cutter" to provide me with a replacement and the repair was on! It was a simple repair, but one in which the boys could see that I could fix something that was broken. It was something they come to expect, that I, as their mommy can fix anything that is broken. I thought about it a lot today as this was the second time our garage glass was broken. Am I doing them justice in fixing everything that has been broken? They have brought me countless toys, stuffed animals, books, etc that needed repair...and I have managed to fix each an every one. But it gave me pause today to think, will they assume everything that breaks can be put back together? Sometimes in life, there are things that are broken that cannot be fixed. No matter how many times you apply super glue the cracks are too much to sustain repair. I think that it applies to my Lent...I focused on fixing the repair, I enjoyed replacing the glass and showing my boys I was more than capable...but did I really make their lives by doing this? There is something to be said for the broken pieces and what we learn from the. I think had it not been for the broken glass I would have had them help, rather than observe the repair process. I think there is an important lesson for us to learn with our "broken glass" that sometimes there are things that no time, no words, no tools, no amount of super glue can fix. It reminds me of the quote "sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." There are so many things that will break throughout our lifetime...hearts, dishes, waves, your car, records and even glass....I think what is important is how we fit the pieces back together and repair them as best we can, even when they fall apart.  I think if we look close enough, even the broken pieces the cracks left behind will either allow light to shine in or out....I choose to believe that faith and hope are more powerful than any superglue.

We're all like glow sticks, no matter how much we're bent and broken our light still shines