Righting Wrongs

As I sat there waiting to pull out, I studied the traffic.  "I don't want to be stuck in this!"  As I was deliberating on what move to make, I decided that the best course of action was to back up, and turn round.  Then, it happened.  Although us cautious drivers out there try to be extra safe, even we ourselves, have accidents sometimes.

As I was backing up, I had knocked over someone's mail box.  I was not too happy about it.  I was pretty bummed.  Every time it was brought up, and the more I thought about it, the worse I felt.  And not being able to tell the property owner when it originally happened, did not help things.  It made feel as if I had just committed a crime of "hit and run".  Especially when the Sonic's construction crew across the street, I later learned, saw what color and type of vehicle had caused the mistake.  It seriously got to the point where I literally told my husband I wanted to drop the topic because it just dragged me down.  Speaking of my husband, as a side note, because I had a previous commitment, my husband went back and took care of the knocked down mail box.  He later told me that the owner had thought it had happened for a reason.  Because of the construction across the street, she no longer liked where it was at, and placed it on the other side.  That way, there would be no more knock downs.

We try to teach our children that when they make a mistake, they need to correct their wrong.  Even if it is later in the day.  As adults, my husband and I try to be honorable people who are trustworthy.  And, because we want our children to have the same values, we try to set the example.  Running from problems and mistakes does not help things.  It just makes things worse.