I am a pretty great speller. I remember studying for spelling tests in elementary school and almost always making a 100! I'm really good at grammar too; I make a living teaching it. So, you can imagine my embarrassment when my Aunt called me out on the typos in this blog. I try to spell check, really I do! It's just when it's your words, you don't always catch the wrong ones! As many times as I've read and reread my posts, I have never noticed a published typo!
Even since the typos were brought to my attention, I have been trying to find time to get online and try to find them and fix them. I've mentally obsessed over this way more than I should have. Since I'm kindof a perfectionist, this came as a big blow to my pride. It also came, however, with a good lesson learned...
I have a tendency to find fault with others when I shouldn't. I resist correcting the facebook walls of others on a daily basis. (Sometimes I share errors I've seen with my English teacher friends and we cringe at the thought!) I used to circle mistakes in the church bulletin instead of listening to the sermon. On a non-grammatical but equally shameful note, just last week I corrected Skip for singing a song lyric slightly wrong.
As appreciative as I was for my Aunt's candor, a part of me was embarrassed (and in utter disbelief). My mom, who reads my blog and prints it off to share with others, had never mentioned my mistakes. When I asked if she had ever noticed, she admitted she had. Yet, in all the bragging and discussing we've done since I started this blog, she'd never said anything about them. She didn't feel the need to point out my flaws; she appreciated the good stuff and moved past the rest. That's love! And that was the lesson. Love more, judge less, and proofread.
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