One Sunday after mass, our family was headed out to brunch. We had to stop home to grab something, but were soon on our way again.

Hubby had left his seat belt undone. I fear freak accidents, so as we approached the one busy intersection on our two minute drive to our favorite café, I reminded him to buckle up.

Yes, control is good.

– Kathy Glow

“We’ll be there in, like, one minute,” he protested.

“Yeah, buckle up, Daddy,” came voices from the back seat.

I looked at him and calmly replied, “We both know that there are so many things in this life we can’t control. Why not control the things we can?”

“Good point,” he said as he buckled up.

Yes, control is good.

About the Author

Kathy Glow

Kathy Glow lives in a house of all males-a husband and four lively boys. When she is not wiping boy stuff off walls or driving all over town in her mini-van, she is blogging about what life is really like after all your dreams come true, including the loss of one of her sons to cancer. Her blog is .