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N’s school spring musical was last week. Just look at this picture. See how close the photographer was? Yeah, we’re good parents. We were there early and sat on the 4th row for our son’s performance. I took that picture from our seat.

Ok. I’ll be honest. We are usually not on time. For N’s last school performance, we were in the balcony. For his church choir performance, I was sandwiched in between so many parents and grandparents, who had no doubt come early to get good seats, that he couldn’t find me after it was over. He ended up getting to ‘body surf’ the congregation when he made it to the back of the sanctuary while I was still helplessly waving at him from my spot in the designated parent section. I had tears in my eyes as other adults picked him up and passed him back to me as I thought about all the hands that will shape his life, pointing him to Christ in the years ahead.

Back to the Superstar performance, the ‘laugh’ of the night was when I was dressing N for the performance in the school’s bathroom. Somehow in the conversation, I told him that we were there early. He froze. The look of shock on his face was priceless! He was so excited when I told him we would be sitting close!

The truth of the matter is, it was only a coincidence that we were there early. But, you know, I’m going to turn over a new leaf. I’m going to try to start being one of those parents that arrives early to get a good seat. Sunday night is his church choir performance so my resolve will be tested soon. When we say ‘we’re early’, N won’t be surprised!