What Makes My Kids Cry Today

I usually save my funny stories for every other Thursday… but there’s a meteor shower tonight, and I couldn’t resist sharing this one today. If you’re reading this before bedtime, you can actually go outside, look up, and maybe think of my kids… and soap. You’ll see what I mean.

When You Say “Meteor Shower” and Your Kid Thinks “Bath Time”

This morning, I told my second son there would be a meteor shower tonight.

Before I could even describe how magical it would be, my youngest cut me off with:

“I need a shower?!”

In his little mind, “shower” only means one thing — the dreaded evening scrub-down. Forget shooting stars streaking across the night sky… this boy thought I was coming for him with shampoo and a washcloth.

Kids Hear Through Their Own World Lens

This is the thing about kids — they interpret everything through the filter of their own tiny universe.

If their world is currently about snack time, bedtime, and avoiding soap at all costs, that’s exactly how they’ll hear you.

And if I’m honest, we adults aren’t all that different.

When We Miss the Bigger Picture

God might be inviting us to watch something spectacular — a “meteor shower” moment in life — and we immediately shrink it down to something mundane, or even unpleasant, because that’s what we’re used to.

We filter His promises and opportunities through our own fears, past experiences, or expectations.

Instead of looking up, we stay stuck looking down at the “bath” we think He’s calling us to take.

Parenting and Faith Require Looking Up

Part of parenting is gently nudging our kids to see the bigger picture — that the world is more than chores, broccoli, and bedtime.

And part of walking in faith is letting God lift our chin so we can see the sky He’s been trying to show us all along.

Your Invitation Today

Maybe tonight is your chance to literally look up.

Step outside. Breathe. Watch for streaks of light and remember that God’s beauty is all around us, even when we’re not expecting it.

Because yes — sometimes you do need a shower. But sometimes, there’s a whole meteor shower waiting for you if you’ll just lift your eyes.

For the record: we’ll be doing both tonight. Watching the meteor shower and taking showers. Because life is best with a mix of wonder and soap.