Fruit Punch Anyone?

When raising children I've learned that big things aren't as big anymore. Let me clarify: Yesterday I was doing laundry and opened the garage door to look out. I noticed that my husband had left the garage door open once again, so I made sure everything was good and hit the button to make the door closed. I shut the inside door and went on with the laundry. I suddenly heard some noises coming from the garage that weren't normal, so I opened the door. Our SUV window hatch had caught on the garage door and was stuck open because of the garage door. I instantly saw red and started yelling for my husband. He had let our son play with the keys and he had hit the button that opened the hatch. There were some minor scratches but nothing major. I was seething for a little while and then thought, "No one got hurt, calm down."

Today, I was typing at the computer while my husband was in the kitchen, behind me I suddenly hear the sound of liquid hitting the ground. I turn to find that my son had found his father's cup of FRUIT PUNCH! I start screaming for my husband to grab the carpet cleaner. My husband is on his hands and knees for an hour trying to get up the stain. (Anyone who has dealt with fruit punch knows that it instanly stains.) He finally gets it to the point where its livable and goes and puts the cleaning supplies up. Our son was striped to his diaper because he had fruit punch all over his clothes. I'm finishing up on the computer when I hear my husband yell, "He did it again!" I'm thinking, "Did what?" I go into the living room and my son had found his father's second glass of Fruit Punch. So now we have stains in two rooms. I told my husband that he was grounded from the fruit punch for a while.

Anyway, back to my point. I could have stayed mad about both instances for a while. Carpet isn't cheap and it's usually the first thing that people look at when they enter your home. My car doesn't have very many scratches on it and I like keeping it looking nice. But I thought to myself, "No one got hurt and it's still drivable and livable." So when things don't go your way, stop for a second and think if it's really worth getting so upset about. If we carried this thought on throughout our lives, it might resolve a lot of issues that arise from insignificant instances. Fruit punch anyone?