As you know I am surrounded by boys around here...and boys are just different than girls. Boys are very black and white. Not a lot of gray in this house other than Buckeye stuff. :)
Scott is very black and white. He always has been, one of the many things I love and appreciate about him.
I am not so black and white. I am emotional...about almost everything. Yep, I cry daily about something. I don't even know that it phases people closest to me when they hear or see my cry. It's just part of who I am, always has been and always will be. It's a Terwilliger thing.
So we were discussing our car accident at breakfast time yesterday. And the boys were asking about the Suburban, when it will be fixed etc. And I started explaining to them that insurance is still trying to figure things out. That right now they are debating on if it is fixable and what it means to "total" a car, which is something I have really learned a LOT about this week. I was a little emotional because 1. I love my car. I really love my car. I am more attached to it than I realized. and 2. I really don't like buying cars. I really really don't like spending money on cars, I don't like car payments and I don't like spending money on cars. Especially right now. So I was telling them how I hope they fix the car.
Tommy responded with this "Aren't you glad one of us didn't die? I could be dead Mom."....yep very black and white. Very much a boy. And of COURSE I am glad we were all safe, that's REALLY what matters. And I have thought of it a million times since last week. It's like a slow motion movie. But he kind of stopped my in my tracks and made me think AND then made me cry. Shocking I know.... black and white. God kept us safe. I am SO grateful. And now I am crying AGAIN.
Scott is very black and white. He always has been, one of the many things I love and appreciate about him.
I am not so black and white. I am emotional...about almost everything. Yep, I cry daily about something. I don't even know that it phases people closest to me when they hear or see my cry. It's just part of who I am, always has been and always will be. It's a Terwilliger thing.
So we were discussing our car accident at breakfast time yesterday. And the boys were asking about the Suburban, when it will be fixed etc. And I started explaining to them that insurance is still trying to figure things out. That right now they are debating on if it is fixable and what it means to "total" a car, which is something I have really learned a LOT about this week. I was a little emotional because 1. I love my car. I really love my car. I am more attached to it than I realized. and 2. I really don't like buying cars. I really really don't like spending money on cars, I don't like car payments and I don't like spending money on cars. Especially right now. So I was telling them how I hope they fix the car.
Tommy responded with this "Aren't you glad one of us didn't die? I could be dead Mom."....yep very black and white. Very much a boy. And of COURSE I am glad we were all safe, that's REALLY what matters. And I have thought of it a million times since last week. It's like a slow motion movie. But he kind of stopped my in my tracks and made me think AND then made me cry. Shocking I know.... black and white. God kept us safe. I am SO grateful. And now I am crying AGAIN.
and I'm crying, too! I"m also a big crier, but lately it's exceeded even my crying quota. i don't know what's up with me, but in the car Emma said, "MOM, are you crying AGAIN!?"
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