"It's okay, sometimes that happens.

Sometimes pee happens." <-- this is a direct quote from Grace after having an accident last night. I just about wet myself when she said it. Dad said he saw almost the same thing on a bumper sticker once. I said, "I know, it makes me seriously wonder if the girl can read."



Ah, 3-year old philosophies - so nice and refreshing.

In some respects there is a lesson to be learned from the "sometimes pee happens" mindset. There are many times I wish I could adopt one such an attitude when I have accidents (non-pee related) or when I make mistakes or when others make mistakes around me. Lots of things out of my control stress me out, lots of things that I can control stress me out as well. Wouldn't life be grand if I could just relax and say "It's okay - sometimes that happens?" --(help me out here Kate, question mark BEFORE the quotes? doesn't look right to me, but you know what they say...it's not what LOOKS right, it's what IS right - or was that just my dad?)

"Sometimes dinner doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to"

"Sometimes you're cranky for no reason"

"Sometimes you have to say 'no' to an obligation"

"Sometimes you forget to pay that bill"

"Sometimes you Snack on Sweets AFTER Seven on a Tuesday." (arg!)

Yup -that was my day yesterday and I sure could have used a healthy dose of the "Sometimes pee happens" philosophy at 8 AM, rather than 8 PM. But that's okay - I know it for today and hopefully pee won't "happen" again.

And if it does, I hope it "happens" on my laminate, rather than my couch.