taking chances.

Friends, I’m not in the risk business. I don’t like taking chances. Just the idea makes me uneasy. Gambling will never be a troubling addiction.

In the summertime, when the forecast for the afternoon shows cloudy with possible thunderstorms, I usually plan to stay home from the pool. That’s just how I roll. I don’t want to drive the 20 minutes there to get rained out and have to bring home three disappointed children.

However, I have children who love to go to the pool. In fact, they beg with great fervor to go to the pool. Everyone in our family agrees: it is the very best part of our summer. So, normally they don’t have to beg too hard to get me to go.

In an effort to be relaxed and enjoy the summer with my children – I took a chance. Today and on Friday afternoon, we actually drove through sprinkles of rain on our way to the pool. I’ve never done something so risky.

But guess what happened? The rain subsided. Both days we had beautiful, sunny, blue-sky afternoons. It is safe to say that I may be prepared (more than ever) to take chances this summer.

Just look at all the fun we had, all because I loaded up the car and took the kids to the pool in spite of the cloudy skies!