Last night I could not figure out what Lizzie was doing, but it sounded like a heard of cattle running through the house! As I was getting up to see what was wrong (it honestly sounded like someone has fallen down the entire stair set rolling from top to bottom!) Lizzie came rushing into the kitchen in a furry, grabbing a baggie and the rice and talking in such a blur it took me a minute to realize the was in tears sobbing that she had accidentally washed her ipod. I quickly scolded her and reminded her that this is the reason I am constantly reminding her to put her things where they belong. Lizzie has seen the cell phone trick of putting them in rice if they've been in water to try and dry them out....as she's getting this all together Ryan finds out she has already tried to turn her ipod on and begins yelling at her that she should know better, you can't try to turn it on....etc. She's now sobbing at loud crocodile tear level and really pretty devastated at this point. She rushes off to her room in a sad huff.
Lizzie is a very bright child.....to smart for her own good most days. Unfortunately since she's so smart, we tend to forget she really is only 11. My heart was quickly being convicted for yelling at her, yes, she does do her own laundry (all my girls do!) still....she is only 11, accidents do happen! I said to Ryan, frustrated that he had yelled at her also, should she REALLY know not to turn her IPOD on.....she is only 11!!! We are both guilty of thinking she is older than she really is because as the "baby" she constantly is trying to keep up with her older sisters....she is an awesome cook (yep...at only 11!) she does her own laundry, she's an excellent student, an awesome soccer player and she has a heart of gold. And yet her heart is broken that she may have ruined her own prized IPOD.
Lizzie just got her IPOD for Christmas. She LOVES it. She takes it everywhere with her and loves to add new songs to it. She just forgets to put it up, take it out of her sweatshirt pocket, last week she left it at school in the gym! It's not even that she's not appreciative of her things, she is....as a matter of fact, she's probably the most thankful child we have....not that the other two aren't thankful, Lizzie just really shows her appreciation to to others.
Now I'm torn....the Ipod is still sitting in rice, Lizzie was so heartbroken last night she sobbed for what seemed like hours. Her sisters each went and talked with her and were themselves sad when they saw how sad she truly was! She even asked me to come sing lullabies to her as she tried to get to sleep!.....and I DID!!!
The mom in me wants to just rush right out to walmart, buy her a new one and load all her music while she's at school! I know that's not the answer. I know this is a hard lesson that has to be learned in life. I know that this is one of those "this is why I tell you to put your things up" lessons in life. Man those stink. As moms we want to protect our children from moments like these in life.....and I tried. Unfortunately this is what happens when you don't listen to what your parents are trying to tell you.
What is someone trying to save you from right now and you feel as though your immune to the lesson? Our heavenly father tries daily to remind us to make him the ultimate teacher in our lives and yet much like Lizzie thinks I'm just mom nagging....so do we forget to listen to our heavenly father. Lizzie has learned a very hard lesson. I'm still praying the Ipod will work when she tries to turn it on tonight.
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