It's Happened to All of Us

It happened.  Not something I wanted to happen, but it did.  Addison threw a big crying fit in church on Sunday.  Unfortunately, we don't sit at the back of the church either!  Nope, right up in the front behind all the youth where everyone could see us.  It started right after we sat down during the first song.  She asked if she could go to the children's church room and play with one of her friends who was there with his mom.  I said no, and oh boy did the tears begin to flow.  And then the "but why mom?"  And then the crying escalated to sobbing very loudly, which then became screaming and crying.  And then the song stopped, which meant it was time to go.  She walked out in front of me, sobbing the whole way.  Thank goodness I didn't have to drag her kicking and screaming!  We went to a classroom and shut the door.  I was not happy.  She was begging for daddy (seems funny to me because if he would've come with us, she probably would've been in more trouble!)  After she finally got herself together, we headed back into church.  Thankfully, she was very well behaved the rest of the service.  I thought it was cute that after the service, an experienced mom of four came up to me and said, "we've all been there."  It's so true, whether it was in church, the grocery store, in a restaurant or any other public place, we've all had moments with our kids that left us feeling frustrated and embarrassed.  I was just hoping that my moment wouldn't be in church!  Oh well, now you all know that the youth pastors kid is completely normal!!