I love ironies and this one is a good one that very accurately describes this site’s philosophy in a very real way.

It all began with asking my daughter what she wanted for breakfast…

“Life, please,” she says. So I went to the pantry to get her a box of her requested cereal. I also grabbed an new unopened box of my cereal. As I am walking back to the kitchen table, she looks at me and says,

“I said Rice Krispies!”

“No babe, you said Life” I reply.

“I said Rice Krispies”

“No, Life”

We went back and forth for a little while before I started my first sermon of the day. Now while I stood on my soap box, preaching to my four year old, I was simultaneously also trying to open that new box of cereal for myself. I have to break this down. On the left is my sermon notes and the right was my struggle with the cereal box:

Conversation with my daughter

Conversation with myself

“Honey, it is ok if you said the wrong thing. That happens all the time. People make mistakes. Daddy does stuff like this ALL the time. You can ask Mommy, I’ll think I say certain things but actually I said something else. It is no big deal. You have to be able to laugh and yourself and more importantly know when you are wrong. In fact, Daddy just started a new website all about the times I have been wrong. I’ll be more than happy to get you Rice Krispies. Just ask Daddy nicely… “Daddy, will get me Rice Krispies please” “I would love to” “Daddy?” “Yes, babe” “I think your cereal box is upside down”

“Why won’t this open easily?” I think to myself as I struggle with the inner plastic container. I’ll try the other side. Man, why did they make this so hard. I need some scissors. “Where are those blasted scissors. Oh, ok, kid scissors, that will work.” Crap, now the cut is too big and I’ll be pouring cereal all over myself in the morning (I pour it into the bowl). I now go to shut the cereal box. Wait, no notched flap in the box that means one thing…. “The cereal box is upside down”

Maybe you had to be there, but the irony and timing of me telling my daughter about admitting mistakes and me struggling with this cereal box that was upside down summarizes beautifully what I’m trying to accomplish with this site. Showing you I’ve been wrong and learning from each other’s mistakes.

I hope you enjoy the story and this website, as much I enjoyed the irony.