Remove the Temptation

Here lately Ben's Grandpa Ben comes over to visit and have dinner with us on Wednesday nights. It's a great time for us to catch up and the kids love their Grandpa Benny. Grandpa Ben has a thing now where he always brings Grace gum. This is something her Grandma Linda always did and when Linda passed away one of the things Grace said she would miss was how Grandma Linda would give her gum. Now it is Grandpa Benny who brings the gum instead. This is a very special treat as we never give her any gum at all. So tonight as I was telling Grace goodnight, I decided to remind her that she was not to get up in the night and get any gum. She of course wanted to know why not. I explained that it could get in her hair, or worse, she could choke on it. Hang on mom, she says, as she climbs out of bed. She goes over and hands me a little tin container. She explains to me that it has some of her special things in it, like pretty beads, sea shells, and money. She then tells me to put it somewhere safe where she can't find it. As I ask her why, I open the container and see two opened packs of gum in it as well. She then tells me that she just might get out of bed at night and get out the gum, but if she doesn't know where it is, then she can't. Wow, I know grown adults (myself included) who can't seem to figure that concept out sometimes. Where there is temptation flee from it. Oh if we all could be as sensible as a five year old child sometimes.