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Must Remove Foot from Mouth!

July 1, 2010 By Erika Zane

1 Jul

Ok, I seriously need to put more thought into what I say before opening my mouth!  There’s a reason I like writing more than talking… stupid comments are less likely to make it out into the world when I write because I have the chance to go back and edit.

I swear I put my foot in my mouth at least once a day, especially with other women which, I’m convinced, is a curse.  It is definitely one of my greatest faults!

Yesterday, Ashley watched Dylan for us so that Andy and I could go out for a “farewell” dinner with his old boss, “R”, and his fiancee, “A”.  Anyway, since they are getting married in the not too distant future, I was asking questions about the wedding and then when she and I were in the restroom right before we left, I asked her about her dress.  She said it was hard to describe and showed me a picture.  I then told her how I’d seen someone else with a similar dress recently and that they have the same build (here begins my spiral downwards).  She looked at me with an expression that said, “and what kind of build is that?”  so I said, “I mean an athletic build” (which I meant as a compliment, but then I remembered someone once told me that, that description is a backhanded compliment, WHICH IS NOT WHAT I MEANT!)  UGH!

So I have no idea how she took it, but “A”, if you’re reading this, I would like to apologize for my thoughtlessness.  I hope you realize I think you are beautiful and are going to make a GORGEOUS bride!  And to anyone else who thinks I’ve said something to slight them in any way, I promise I didn’t mean it!  I am not passive aggressive.  In fact, I am confrontational and direct to a fault, so if I was trying to insult you, you would know it!

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  1. Diana says

    July 1, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    >OMG LOL at the last sentence!! 🙂

    I understand, I do this constantly. Only mine would have been to someone really porky and then I would have had a really hard time getting around what I just said.

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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