An Important Lesson


In Reader’s Digest, I read about a lady who asked her kindergartner what she would do if she couldn’t wake her up and got a humorous response. Humorous enough to win $100.
     I thought there was an important lesson to be learned, so I asked my granddaughter the same thing.
     “What would you do if one morning I didn’t wake you up to go to school?”
     “I’d stay asleep,” she said.
     Hmm… maybe I could have phrased that better. 

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