1. I regret inventing Story Train. One night I decided I'd handle all 3 boys at bedtime and give my dear husband a break. I invented this adorable little activity called Story Train. I called out "All aboard! Conductor says pick out your books!" I chugged around the upstairs hallway picking up passengers at their stops. We all snuggled in one boy's room and read stories. That one night worked great.
But we had to do it again the next night. And the next night. And the next.
And then my middle son wanted to be conductor. And the arguments started. "I'm the conductor!" and "No, you're not, Mom is!" and "I hate Story Train!" (that was me). So now when someone says "Let's do Story Train!" I cringe and mentally berate myself.
There were no medals for third or fourth place. It didn't matter. No one was getting called up to Premier League. I should've said "Nope, tied for third is perfectly fine."
Neither of these items are earth-shattering or life-changing, but they definitely taught me valuable lessons.
I recently asked friends on Facebook what their small regrets were. Some of their answers mentioned things that seemed pretty big to me, like marrying someone ten years earlier, going to college, having a third child.
But I really liked when my mom mentioned she wished she'd taken better care of her original Barbie doll. To me, that is totally the essence of the small regret. Something that doesn't significantly change your life, but after it happened, you learned a lesson.
Got a small regret?
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