Teachable moment

Poor Hailey. Mommy and Hailey both wanted to cry when Piggy died in the Walmart parking lot. There is a long back story to this tragedy. Hailey had a piggy bank that she loved... she literally loved it to death. One day she took the piggy to bed with her and it fell out and shattered. She was very sad and wanted a new piggy. Mommy said she would have to wait and see if she got a piggy or enough money for one on her birthday. GG pulled through and gave her enough. She was very excited when we finally remembered her money and bought a new piggy! Sadly this poor piggy would not even live to see Hailey's room.
Mommy made a mistake. She put the piggy in the car and let Hailey put her money it is but mommy forgot to close the door. Piggy fell out. She fell, accompanied by cries of sadness from her new owner, down, down, down, to the parking lot and broke into many pieces. Hailey wanted a new one very badly. Mommy wanted to get her a new one but was torn. Mommy wanted Hailey to learn a few things. Mommy said they would take the pieces home and think about what to do. Hailey didn't have enough money for a new one. When they got home it was very late and Hailey was distracted by another small accident. Mommy came up with a plan. She glued the piggy together. Some pieces were missing but piggy was mostly in one piece. Then mommy put Hailey's money back in the piggy. Hailey and mommy were able to talk about, without it being too sad, how its important to be careful with things like piggy banks and brothers. How money is the way we buy things and we can't always get a new one when something breaks, and how we can fix things. Sometimes we don't just throw things away when they break. Now piggy is extra special because now we have a memory attached to her.

Mommy learned a lesson too. Sometimes a little heartbreak is ok, when we get that heart back together won't be the same, it might be little easier to break next time, but it will have a special kind of beauty that only experience and memories can give. Ecclesiastes 3:9-11