Drill Perspective

I dropped one of my 2 DeWalt 18volt cordless drills Thursday while climbing down off scaffolding inside the barn. It hit the concrete floor of the barn and as a result no longer works. I was danged upset because now I'll either have to buy a new one or use one of my electric drills. What an inconvenience! For the duration of the barn project I'll have an extension cord to drag around and trip over and we all know how annoying that can be, especially compared to the convenience of a cordless tool. I have two cordless drills so I can have one with a drill bit and one with a bit driver while working on a project and so I can leave one at the cabin and one at the house. Now, I'll either be inconvenienced by an extension cord or out a $100 or so to replace the drill. Very disappointing!

While I was sitting here this morning drinking coffee in the kitchen, my bride was watching TV while i-Padding. I overheard a news story about a bus wreck that occurred yesterday in Oklahoma. It was carrying a girls college softball team who were coming home from a game. 4 girls were killed.

It usually doesn't take anything that dramatic let alone that heart breaking to bring things back into perspective when I get out of focus. The families of those 4 young women have been shattered and are now forever changed. All of us with children or who have ever loved a child like she was your own, can only imagine what it might be like to receive the kind of phone call those families received yesterday. 

Today, I'll pray for those families-especially the parents. I am no longer concerned about the broken drill.