A very bad day

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ichelle had a terrible day at school. When she got home she found her little brother and his friend playing with her lipstick. “Stay out of my stuff, you little pest,” she shrieked.

Her brother’s face turned beet red. He apologized but Michelle didn’t let up. She ignored him during dinner and even the next morning as she got ready for school. He begged her not to be mad at him and to forgive him. But she decided to hold her grudge and make him pay, thinking she would accept his apology later that afternoon.

Sadly, when she came home from school, it was too late. She found her brother’s badly twisted bike on the lawn. Her mother and father were sitting in the front room crying. There on the ground, with a sheet over his head, was her little brother. Johnny was dead.

Michelle begged him to be alive. She thought of all the reasons she loved him. She wished she could take him in her arms and say, “I love you, I forgive you. Playing with my makeup was no big deal.”

Do you ever have those bad days when you want to scream at everyone - even at those you really care about? If you do, think again.

In life we can’t afford to wait to tell others how we feel. Call, write, tell, listen, learn, laugh and love today!