True Mom Moment

BEWARE: THIS STORY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

Chris refs volleyball for those who don't know. And me, being one who can't live without volleyball, drags the kids to as many games as we can stand. This last weekend was regionals and of course I had to go. As I'm sure you have deduced, whenever I go to a game, Chris is either reffing it or line-judging it so he's not around to help corral the kids. So we went to a night of games and had only the intention of staying for one match. That one ended and the kids were ready to leave. VERY ready! But I wanted to stay and watch the next team because they were 1st in districts and I wanted to see them play. So Nate found a friend to play with and I held Jordyn because she ran off one too many times. After a while of this, Nate's friend left and I can only hold Jordyn for so long. They started acting up again. Then Nate discovered someone's leftover popcorn bag from the concessions stand that they abandoned when they left after the previous game. Nate grabs the bag, looks at me, smiles. I shrug my shoulders. They dive in. It wasn't until after we left and I was driving home that I realized that I LET MY KIDS EAT SOME STRANGER'S GARBAGE POPCORN! Yuck! I prayed a little extra hard that night that they wouldn't catch some wierd disease from my neglect. :) What a mom.

P.S. They did, in fact, get no disease.