Growing up in a family of ten kids led to some\u00a0awesome memories.\u00a0 One memory in particular that I thought about today was the following story:<\/p>\n
We were sitting around our massive dinner table (it took a huge table to hold all 12 of us!).\u00a0 We were preparing to sing Happy Birthday to one of the kids in the family.\u00a0 It was always a mad scramble just before a birthday celebration at our house to come up with a last minute gift.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t really get a regular allowance at our house so as kids we typically had no money to buy one another birthday presents.\u00a0 One sibling would grab a banana and throw it in a brown paper bag for every person\u2019s birthday and give what came to be loving known as the \u201cbirthday banana\u201d.\u00a0 It was cute how they always thought what was in their brown bag would come a huge surprise for whoever was opening it for their present.\u00a0 One birthday I ran around the house trying to find something I could wrap up and give away to the person celebrating their birthday.\u00a0 I had a large cookie I had been given as a handout or something earlier in the day so I took my cookie and lovingly wrapped it in a dishtowel since I couldn\u2019t find any wrapping paper to use.\u00a0 I carefully carried my special cookie wrapped in its dishtowel to the kitchen table to wait to present it to the lucky birthday child.\u00a0 As we all sat there at the table singing Happy Birthday a cup was knocked over on the table and liquid ran everywhere. Eager to stop the liquid from spreading everywhere my sibling yanked the dishtowel from my hands, not realizing it contained my precious cookie, causing the cookie to go flying across the room into the wall where it crumbled into little pieces on impact.\u00a0 Shock and horror was my reaction.\u00a0 My wonderful birthday gift had been destroyed!\u00a0 Before I could even let the first tear fall from my eyes one of my older siblings laughing yelled \u201cWell\u2026That\u2019s the way the cookie crumbles\u2026\u201d and everyone began to laugh, including me.\u00a0 Tears and sadness quickly turned to laughter and all of us kids sat around the table laughing like crazy.\u00a0 It was a great moment and a memory I will never forget.\u00a0 Then we all ate birthday cake and had a great night.<\/p>\n
The reason I won\u2019t forget it was that moment taught a great life lesson to me.\u00a0 When things go wrong in life, as they are always bound to do, we have two choices \u2013 we can cry about it and fall apart, or we can yell out loud \u201cWell\u2026.that\u2019s the way the cookie crumbles\u2026.\u201dand then have a good laugh about it.\u00a0 However we choose the react to the situation it won\u2019t change that our cookie crumbled.\u00a0 It hit the wall and it crumbled and there is no changing that now.\u00a0 So laugh about it, and then go eat some birthday cake and have a great night\u2026then move forward toward the next better and brighter day.\u00a0 And cherish the memories along the way.<\/p>\n
Have a great day everyone!<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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