It has been about three weeks since my last blog, which means that I have been working (yay), and busy with school and travel (btw McLaren takes time to digest). Nonetheless, I do have something that I'd like to share...
I remember when I was thirteen years old going to see the movie The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training. This was a particularly memorable occasion because I went to the movie with my friends and without any adults. The film (term used loosely) wasn’t very memorable, or very good; Nevertheless, I do have one lasting impression in my mind. Something that only an immature thirteen year old could cherish and has remained etched in my memory for far too long.
The scene has plagued my mind for nearly thirty-three years comes from the beginning of the movie when the team’s new coach, Mr. Manning, is lecturing them. What happens is the coach pulls out a piece of chalk and writes the word “assume” on the chalk board, he then divides the word into three parts like this “ass/u/me” and utters the famous proverb “Never assume anything! Because, you end up making an ass out of you or me!”
Last Friday my wife received a somewhat concerning text message from a concerned parent/friend. Yvonne, deeply concernedherself over the content of the message, immediately called the other parent to discuss the message. When Yvonne spoke with the other person it was reported to her that our 16 year old daughter had been ditching class, and drinking. “The entire band knows it” we were told… When Yvonne told me my first thought was “where does she get it?” I remember being sixteen or seventeen and knowing which liquor store to hang out near that gave us the best chance to score a six pack-usually from a male, most likely driving a truck or muscle car, certainly wearing a moustache…
Upon further review, and after the initial shock, we discussed the matter and were not convinced that our daughter was a real candidate for such misdemeanors. We decided to call the reporter back and ask the all important questions: “has anyone seen her do such things?” and “or, does she come to class with alcohol on her breath?” “No” was the answer, “but she brags about it to so and so… And, she really disses on you two… my son told me” (Yes, we were knee deep in high school rumor-ville).
The short version of the long story is that our daughter does have a friend, who drinks a little, but she does not; Her “ditching classes” are actually times when her teachers have allowed her out of class; and her disrespectful talk was the retelling of a family conflict to another friend in which the reporting son of hers only heard half of the story.
Yesterday our daughter asked this “concerned parent” if she would be interested in sponsoring her for her drum corps tour this summer. The response to our daughter read: “I believe u need to focus on ur life & relationship w/ the Lord right now, so , no, I can’t support anything that will distract from that.”
Nuff said???
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