Humanity Challenge

I have some really awesome friends.  I enjoy stalking them occasionally on Facebook.  I logged in tonight to get semi-caught up...

 3 Ice Bucket Challenge videos

(all agreeing to also donate $)

1 post from a ministry thanking a friend

for gathering friends to volunteer and serve others for a day

2 posts of people fostering stray animals

6 Anti-Ice Bucket Challenge posts 

6

 

Let me remind myself...

I have really awesome friends...

Even the ones that posted anti-challenge stuff.

But I have to remind myself again, because I'm really confused now seeing more than a handful of posts bashing a good thing.

I get so annoyed with humanity when I see posts discouraging people from their good intentions.  If you don't want to dump ice water on your head, that's fine. Nobody cares.  But stop telling other people to stop doing it.

IT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.

There are a handful of charities that have benefited from it and plenty of laughs had by it.  When something starts with good intentions and results in an outpouring of support for multiple charities, quit discouraging it. 

You want to write a check silently?  That's awesome!!  And a great idea.  I absolutely 100% support you.  However, had the first guy to do the challenge done exactly that, only ONE charity would be $100 richer instead of multiple charities being thousands and/or millions richer. 

Don't knock a good thing.

Don't want to accept the ice bucket/cold water challenge?  No worries.  I have another one for you. I'm calling it the #HumanityChallenge. 

The rules are simple.

 

When somebody does a good thing with good intentions,

don't discourage it.

You don't have to join it.

You don't have to support it.

You don't even have to agree with it.

Just don't discourage it.

Have some humanity.

#HumanityChallenge

Shut.

This morning sucked.   Sure, it could've been a lot worse, but there was plenty of room for improvement.  3 hours after our intended time to leave the house this AM, Ellie and I finally headed out the door. 

I set Ellie's juice cup on the roof of the car along with a small cardboard box and attempted to secure her in her car seat.   Let's just say getting in the car took longer than expected as well.  When we were both finally successfully buckled I breathed a sigh of relief and backed out. 

Our driveway needs some major repair and could second as a skateboard obstacle ramp at the moment. I bumped carefully up the hill and heard what sounded like an explosion.  I was sure I had just wrecked into one of our concrete obstacles.  Although I try to be a better person these days, there was a period of time in my college years that some of my language was similar to that of a sailor's, and, well, after this most fun morning, I had a momentary relapse.  First one I've had in 2.5 years in front of the kid.  I didn't even notice it. 

I put the car in park. Got out.  Looked for damage and realized that stupid sippy cup and box had just crashed down the back of the car and landed safely on the ground.  Whew.  No wreck.  No damage.  Breathed another sigh of relief and got back in the car.

Ellie:  "Mama, why you say shut?“ 
Me:  "Shut?  What? When did I...? "
Oh, little brain. How thankful I am you didn't process my words correctly. 
"Um... I just needed to shut the door."

She was 100% content with that answer.  Brilliant.  Thought that was the end.  Breathed another sigh of relief.  I took that as this weeks parenting fail and save all tied into one. 

Ha.  Ohhhh stupid, young mom.  Of course your mistake is not gone so quickly.  Every time we put Ellie in the car now....  "Shut." Every. Time.  Not "shut the door", not "shut that".  Just shut.

Ha.  Thanks for that little reminder, God.  I deserve it.  It's precisely what this mom needs to do with her mouth.  Keep.It.Shut.

Shut.

If you ever try to tell me God doesn't have a sense of humor, I won't believe you.