Weather

I am not a weatherman, I don't play one on TV and I have not the skills to predict it.  With the weather we enjoyed here yesterday and with how beautiful everything appeared here this morning I thought we were in for another beautiful day. 

When Natty left for school she announced that she was not taking a jacket.  Well Jack heard this and apparently decided that he would do the same.  After making that announcement later when he was going to school Andy determined the same.  Neither would listen to my suggestion that a light jacket would be wise.  I figured the weather was great and they really wouldn't need the coats so I didn't push it.  As I walked Andy to school we got out from the houses and in the open area of the school yard and the wind was blowing right through us.  Andy suggested that maybe he should have brought his jacket.  I agreed but figured they would be fine. 

When I left for work a bit later it had turned a little nastier as the wind had picked up, clouds had blown in and it was a bit chilly.  I started to feel guilty for not making them take their jackets and wondered if I should have taken them over.  I had thought about it but then recalled some parent trainings where the idea of always bailing your kids out was discouraged.  I decided to let it go and have them experience it all. 

Let me not mislead here.  The weather wasn't wonderful but we also did not have a full fledged storm pounding us.  The cold wind is really most of the problem and the kids felt it.  We had conferences with the boys teachers today and afterwards when we came home Jack said he wished he would have listened and taken his jacket.  Had I bailed him out he may not have reached that conclusion.  Maybe I did something right here.  That is rare for me. 

I subscribe to the idea that it is better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it.  Perhaps now my children will adopt more of this idea.   I also subscribe to the idea that our daily scripture reading and prayers are things we do - not because we will necessarily be tempted but we do them so that in the event that we are tempted we can be strengthened by the Lord to overcome.  I don't want to find myself or have my kids find themselves in a place spiritually when we wished we would have been faithful in doing those things.