It was just a shirt

I'm not writing this to complain or make people feel sorry for me, but I am writing this so someone might learn from my mistake. Last night I had an experience that really made me realize how easy it is to let little things turn into big things,which in turn makes us miss the important or specials things. Joels Christmas school program was last night, and I was super excited for it, but as the night went on it turn from exciting to frustrating. It started out with getting Joel dressed, I made him wear his church shirt, which he was not happy about, then everything went downhill from there. Fits were thrown, toys were thrown away and there were lots of tears. By the time we got to the school, both Joel and I were very upset. Joel was of course fine after he got with his class, but me being me, continued to let myself get more angry to the point that I didn't even enjoy the program, and I stayed angry until I went to bed. But as I thought about it I realized how silly this whole thing was. If I would have let Joel pick his shirt, this whole situation would have been avoided. Something small and a lot of bad choices on my part ruined the whole evening and I missed out on the enjoying what really mattered and I won't be able to get that back. So if you guys find yourselves in a similar situation whether it is with your kids or your husbands, remember it is just a shirt, or whatever it may be for you.