Jerika & the Smarties

Some days lately I feel like I have been focusing way too much on the negative things happenings in our lives and not taking time to enjoy the little things.  So, here is a story Jerika shared with me the other day.  A few weeks ago in one of Jerika’s classes one of the boys that sits by her asked her if she wanted some Smarties.  She said she didn’t want him to feel bad, so she told him yes and put them in her back pack.  After he gave them to her he said “don’t tell anyone” but she said she really didn’t think much about it but was not going to eat them. 

Jump forward to this week on Tuesday and in her government class they started a mock trial.  And incidentally she was called as a juror in this mock trial.  She said she was asked by one of the attorneys if anyone had given her smarties and she said she had totally forgotten about the smarties, so she said no.  After school that day and after listening to other questions posed by the attorneys, she realized that maybe she should say something.  So, she went to her teacher and told her someone had given her smaties but it was a while ago.  The teacher asked her the name of the person that gave them to her and come to find out, he was involved in the mock trial.  So, the teacher told her that she had to tell the judge the next morning that she had lied.  She said it was so embarrassing the next day, she had to do the “walk of shame” out of the courtroom.  But, I think she learned a very valuable lesson, even though I think she should have been born a blonde, maybe she will think things through a little more.  However, she was very glad after the walk of shame that she didn’t have to be on the jury.