Life Lesson for the Day

I had a Life Lesson

(Not the same as a Tender Mercy)


Last week I arrived a bit early for a school district meeting

Made a bathroom stop, anticipating a long committee meeting

It was one of those handicap bathrooms

which is an actual room - - - not a place with a lot of booths and

NO

counter space

So I balanced my purse on the edge of the sink

during my visit

A clever move, yes,

to avoid sitting the purse on the floor?

After, I went to pick up my purse

so I could wash my hands

I noticed moisture on the outside of the bronze leather bag

OO-oo, must have set it on a wet edge

I reached inside the purse and my hand splashed into the contents!

Holy Moly

My bag was almost filled with water

I groaned in disbelief

I remembered hearing an odd hissing earlier

but I gave it no attention at the time

Ah hah
Evidently the purse leaned and

triggered

the motion sensor

under the faucet

(If you've lifted my purse, you are not surprised that it tipped)

Voila'

Floody floody!

My purse is a not-so-temporary

home for

receipts

tickets

coupons

stamps

notebooks

and

too much more

I emptied the purse of its contents,

pulling out handfulls of dripping papers

stacking them on the edge of the sink

Then I tilted the body of the purse

upside down

and POURED

water out!

No kidding

By then I was moving from

shock

to laughing at the mess

"I can't believe I did this to myself!"

I carried my dripping armload

to the front desk

and

begged a bag

A sympathetic staff women

found a grocery sack

I dumped everything inside

and headed into my meeting

It was another five hours

before I finished meetings and appointments and got home

I imagined all the sodden papers

would be water glued to one another

About 9 pm

I was kneeling on my carpet

peeling heavy wetness apart

and

laying out pieces on the bar

Wedge the wallet open so it will dry

lay out the To Do lists

Leave the purse inside out for drying



Thank goodness the stamps aren't the old fashioned

lick 'em style

Carefully peel apart the theater tickets that hugged one another tight
Salvage my ticket/name badge for the
Provo Women's conference coming up


I can't tell you how long this bag would serve your
thirst on a desert
But I can say with assurance
that it holds water!


That brings us to Life Lesson for the Day:
"Some Hissing Bears Heeding"