What will tomorrow bring?

A few nights ago when I got home, Maria told me that she needed her picture for the 6th grade class photo collage ... the NEXT DAY! Hee hee. The next day? It was after 8 pm. I gasped. I don't know why. I thought I was over being surprised about these last-minute things. Typically, they work out just fine.

There is a photo store nearby. I thought maybe they closed at 8:30 or 9, so we ran.

The guy behind the counter grabbed a digital camera and walked us behind some shelves where there is a chair. We couldn't find a mirror so Maria checked her reflection in a glass showcase. The man took Maria's picture, showed her, and then printed it out. While we were leaving, one of Maria's school friends came in for the same reason. We were home by 8:30 pm - about 20 minutes after Maria told me that she needed her picture.

No pasa nada.

At our school in Evanston, we get brochures and papers and envelopes and notices and reminders about "school picture day" for several WEEKS. We select the package, the color and design of the backdrop, we pick out the "perfect" outfit and make sure the kids wash their face and comb their hair for school picture day.

Then a few weeks after school picture day, the kids come home with their photo packages. If we don't like the photos, we can return the package and then begin preparing for "school picture re-take day" ... again preceded with envelopes and notices and reminders.

As always, there are advantages and disadvantages to everything. In reality, we often don't know what tomorrow brings even when we think we're prepared.

Don't worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34)