Lost and Found

You know how hard it is to find someone you really trust to cut your hair? When we moved up here, I took a chance at JCPenney and at different times had my hair cut and colored by three different stylists. It seemed like no matter what I asked for, my hair always ended up colored and looking like whichever stylist's hair who had done it - no matter that two had dark hair, and one was blonde! It wasn't a problem with the first girl that I went to, because I really liked her hair. Then she quit working there, and I was so dissappointed. Imagine my suprise when I walked into a random Great Clips to get Miles' hair cut, and there she was!!! So once again, I have someone that I like and trust, and now I only have to pay $14!

The $9000 Lotion

A couple of years ago when my mom was visiting us, Claire dumped out a whole bottle of her expensive prescription lotion. I felt really bad about it, but my mom was kind enough to forgive and not get too upset. She remembered a time when my sister had ruined my aunt Suzy's designer purse with lipstick and my aunt didn't get upset, so my mom wanted to follow her example.

This story happened to come up in my mom's sharing time the week that Darren was visiting. He had never heard the story before and was excited to share it with me when he got home.

His version:

"One time Grandma's little sister dumped out her lotion. I think it cost $9000.00. She was going to get really mad until she remembered that when she was a little girl, she ruined her sisters purse. And it cost NINE MILLION dollars, so she forgave her!"

I asked Darren what he learned from the story, and his answer was to not buy lotion that costs $9000.00. Yeah, what was my mom thinking?! (Just kidding - what a great lesson in forgiveness!)