Doug Van Pelt

I'm a spoiler

My oldest daughter called me up today.
I knew it was her, because I heard the "Free" (by Stryper) ringtone start to play. I knew it was either her or Michael Sweet, and Mr. Sweet rarely calls.
So anyway, she goes, "Daddy! Guess what?"

And I had been thinking about calling my wife to alert her about the impending delivery just moments before, so I guessed: "People from Monster Energy Drink dropped off a case at the house?"

She was quiet, like, "How'd you know?"

But I'm bummed about about a little thing like that, because in a subtle way I stole her joy. Dang.

The moral of the story is: Don't be careless in how you respond to random interaction with those around you. Little ways you respond can be encouraging, affirming, and life-giving -- even in miniscule ways.

The other detail is massively cool -- and that is that HM is now sponsored by Monster. Oh yeah!

Posted by Doug Van Pelt at August 4, 2008 06:01 PM