Oh, the irony of it all

Today while doing laundry, I found something in the bottom of the washer. Quite a few “little somethings” as a matter of fact. I had neglected to check all of the pockets in a load of clothes and discovered 7 CTR rings still in their little plastic bags. In case you are not familiar with the LDS church, CTR stands for “Choose the Right” and a CTR ring is supposed to help a child remember to make right and good choices. They give them out in Primary each year which is the children’s meeting that is similar to Sunday School.

I asked my son who has no impulse control if the rings were his. Yes, they were. Where did he get all of them? He stole them from the Primary closet at church. Stole them? These were not the more expensive rings you can buy from Deseret Book or The CTR store. These were the “el-cheapos” that don’t cost much more than a quarter that you can order through the Church Distribution Center. Still, it was the principle of it all.

“Rings to help you choose the right and you stole them?” I was having trouble wrapping this around my brain. “Oh yeah,” he replied. “I am always losing mine, so I thought I would take some more so when I lose one I can still have another one.”

Actually, pretty good thought processes for him and not as impulsive as I initially thought. He doesn’t always compute cause and effect and that his actions will always have consequences, but at least this time he planned ahead for future loss. :-)