Let it go, Let it go

one of the ways we are training our daughter to serve the family is by giving her the responsibility of setting the table. she is creative in the way she folds our napkins and loves to take requests. recently, she found these paper party cups in the cabinet and asked if she could use them. i thought she meant for her brother and her, so i said yes. once she was finished, i glanced over at the table and saw she'd set one for both steve and me as well as for her and matthias. my immediate thought was, "replace our cups. we're not drinking from those." but i fought against that urge and went instead with the next thought, "it'll please her if we use them". and it did. she and steve both made the observation that it felt festive! 

here's the point of this post:

in a day, there are legitimate times i'm going to have to say, "no". lots of them. tons, in fact. but somedays i struggle to allow things that really don't need to be prohibited. i need to look for more opportunities to say "yes" and stop saying "no" like i'm a broken record.

it was a small thing, and it turned out pretty funny to see how many times steve needed his tiny cup refilled. :)