Do You Have Your Armor On?

Early this morning before school, my son went out in the rain to take the dog out.

When he came in a little while later, he held up two soaked sneakers for me to see.

“Look what happened to my shoes,” he said with a bit of surprise in his tone.

“Hmmm,” I said, thinking how I could best state the obvious without being confrontational, “you should have worn boots.”

These were his school shoes, and both he and I knew he was in for a soggy day.

Would you go out into a yard full of mud without your boots? How about a blizzard without your coat, hat and gloves?

Or, what if you were a football player – would you face those muscle-bound giants without your helmet, shoulder pads or yikes! — your athletic cup?

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