We spent the day at the beach. This was the first time my children had ever seen the ocean. Of course, I wanted this to be a fun experience for them, and I wanted to spend the day playing with them. Right from the beginning, our eldest wanted to play in the water, our toddler wanted to play in the sand, our baby wanted to take a nap, and my wife wanted me to calm her down to sleep. Apparently, everyone had their own agenda. Needless to say, the though of letting my plans slip away made me impatient when my wife asked for help with calming the baby to sleep.
Its a sad irony that the result of holding tightly to my own plan was that I was making it harder for my family to really enjoy their experience. A happy irony is that, after helping the baby sleep, I still had plenty of time to carry out my plan to play with the kids, and I have the sunburn to show it.
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