I just had lunch with some of my favorite chicks..... There is nothing like being with a group of chicks that you have known for years all around your same age.....so you can relate & understand the topic at hand.......eating, laughing, catching up on each others families, sharing fashion finds & good books we are reading, etc. etc. And I mean etc......for like 3 hours!
One of the chicks in the group was wearing the cutest green top with white poka-dots on it.
She graciously allowed me to take a picture of it.


Now I have to tell you the story behind this shirt......
My friend had her new solid green shirt on and she was washing some other clothes with bleach.......yep, the bleach spilled on her new green top and left a big white circle on it.
She was complaining about how she had ruined this shirt that she really liked and didn't want to throw it away....
Then it dawned on her.......why throw it away? Why not make more white bleach spots on it and have a new shirt with a new pattern!
So, she got a q-tip and dipped it in bleach and dotted the shirt with it & then immediately washed it in cold water.......You see how cute it turned out!
She took a complete mess and saw beyond it to something really good.....
I would of probably thrown the shirt away, made a rag out of it, worn it to work in the yard in or just cried!
Now when I make a mistake of any kind, I am going to think about this poka-dot shirt and consider how I can turn my mistake into something even better!
Isn't that a better way too view our mess ups?