Daddy, will you promise me??

It was a Thursday afternoon around 3:00 PM. My kids returned from school and the older girl Lydia had a full-page birthday invitation in her hand to show it to me. It is her best friends birthday on Saturday. Daddy I really want to go for this party, will you take me? Without even thinking I said, “Yes” and in an instant she asked, “Daddy, will you promise me that you’ll take me”? I told her again “Yes”. Here is the beginning of my post.

Today is Saturday and I didn’t realize how busy this would be. I had to take my wife to the hospital and we left the house around 7:45 AM and returned at around 1:30 PM. After that I was doing some work on the computer and before I knew it, it is 4:25 PM and my wife asked me if I am planning to take Lydia to the birthday party?

I said “I don’t know, I am feeling tired”

“She has been waiting from this morning you better take her” said my wife.

Thinking about the Saturday traffic that I had to wade through gave me a real discouraging feeling not to go. We only have to drive 5 kilometers but it could take around 20 minutes.

Anyhow, simply for the reason that I made a promise I decided to drive Lydia to the birthday party. As we were driving in to the destination, she saw her friends and started calling out for them. From that time on, she was on the go – running, jumping and screaming around the place.

An hour later, it was time for us to leave and as we were driving, I asked her if she had good time and she said yes and wished that she had stayed there longer. By the time we reached home I was exhausted but looking at Lydia’s face with all the happiness, I felt content and thought “Promise made, Promise kept”.