Josh's Shattered iPad
We'll just rip the band aid off right now.... I shattered Josh's iPad screen the other night.
Like. Completely shattered. We had just gotten home from marching band rehearsal and Josh handed me his iPad to read something. I was warming up some food from the other night and sat down against the fridge (our microwave is below the island counter so I usually sit on the floor while I wait for the food to warm up). A metal "H" that we had gotten for our wedding fell from the top of the fridge, hit my head, and then hit Josh's iPad. I hadn't realized it at first because I was too busy rubbing my hurt head, but then I heard a faint crackling sound and I looked back to Josh's iPad to see a shattered screen.
I couldn't believe it. The only thing that could come out of my mouth was, "Oh no." Josh asked what had happened and I said, "Josh. I cracked your screen." Tears started to fill my eyes. He came over and knelt down to look at his iPad. There was no salvaging this one. Two seconds later, Josh handed it back to me and said, "It's okay. It's just an iPad" and finished what he was doing.
I attempted to finish reading what was on his iPad while I tried not to cry. I felt so bad. Josh came and sat down next to me on the kitchen rug and told me about something that had happened that day.
Obviously I didn't want him to get frustrated with me... but he had hardly reacted at all. I was wondering when he would say something about his iPad. All I could do what think about what we were going to do. Josh uses his iPad at work and church and has so many important things on there. I just couldn't believe that it was broken. Eventually he put his arm around me and said, "Hey. Are you okay?" Now the tears were really falling.
I said sorry over and over again, holding his iPad in my hands. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to." Josh smiled, "You didn't do anything! How were you supposed to know that a giant letter 'H' was going to fall out of the sky and hit my iPad?!" We laughed together. He took his iPad and began to scroll through different apps to see how well it would work, even though the screen had little pieces of glass sticking out everywhere. Aside from getting mini shard of glass in his fingers, the screen wouldn't work properly. I felt terrible.
We sat on the couch, looking through options and talking about what we could do to fix it. Every other sentence included another apology from me. He put his arms around me in a big hug and said, "Cambri. It's just an object. All that matters is that you're okay."
Not one ounce of anger, frustration, annoyance, or anything negative came over him. His attitude stayed completely positive. I thought about what I would do if something of mine had just been broken. Surely, I hope that I would react the same way that my kind husband did! He is the perfect example to me of a selfless and loving person and oh how thankful I am to have him in my life.
The next morning I texted my mom to tell her what had happened. She said, "Hold on to that one."
Oh, I plan to!
Like. Completely shattered. We had just gotten home from marching band rehearsal and Josh handed me his iPad to read something. I was warming up some food from the other night and sat down against the fridge (our microwave is below the island counter so I usually sit on the floor while I wait for the food to warm up). A metal "H" that we had gotten for our wedding fell from the top of the fridge, hit my head, and then hit Josh's iPad. I hadn't realized it at first because I was too busy rubbing my hurt head, but then I heard a faint crackling sound and I looked back to Josh's iPad to see a shattered screen.
I couldn't believe it. The only thing that could come out of my mouth was, "Oh no." Josh asked what had happened and I said, "Josh. I cracked your screen." Tears started to fill my eyes. He came over and knelt down to look at his iPad. There was no salvaging this one. Two seconds later, Josh handed it back to me and said, "It's okay. It's just an iPad" and finished what he was doing.
I attempted to finish reading what was on his iPad while I tried not to cry. I felt so bad. Josh came and sat down next to me on the kitchen rug and told me about something that had happened that day.
Obviously I didn't want him to get frustrated with me... but he had hardly reacted at all. I was wondering when he would say something about his iPad. All I could do what think about what we were going to do. Josh uses his iPad at work and church and has so many important things on there. I just couldn't believe that it was broken. Eventually he put his arm around me and said, "Hey. Are you okay?" Now the tears were really falling.
I said sorry over and over again, holding his iPad in my hands. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to." Josh smiled, "You didn't do anything! How were you supposed to know that a giant letter 'H' was going to fall out of the sky and hit my iPad?!" We laughed together. He took his iPad and began to scroll through different apps to see how well it would work, even though the screen had little pieces of glass sticking out everywhere. Aside from getting mini shard of glass in his fingers, the screen wouldn't work properly. I felt terrible.
We sat on the couch, looking through options and talking about what we could do to fix it. Every other sentence included another apology from me. He put his arms around me in a big hug and said, "Cambri. It's just an object. All that matters is that you're okay."
Not one ounce of anger, frustration, annoyance, or anything negative came over him. His attitude stayed completely positive. I thought about what I would do if something of mine had just been broken. Surely, I hope that I would react the same way that my kind husband did! He is the perfect example to me of a selfless and loving person and oh how thankful I am to have him in my life.
The next morning I texted my mom to tell her what had happened. She said, "Hold on to that one."
Oh, I plan to!
I feel like this photo doesn't do it complete justice. It's much worse in person.
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ReplyDeleteNot so fun! So I can remember when I was a senior in high school. My mom got a brand new car. She was out of town so my dad said, "Just drive your mom's new car to school." I said, "No way Dad, I will be dead if anything happens to it. He insisted I take Mom's car. Sure enough I backed into another car in the school parking lot. I was so scared. I called my dad and told him what happened and about the nice dent in Mom's new car. The first thing my dad said was, "Are you ok?' I was stunned. I thought he would be angry and scold me. He was loving and kind and just asked about me and how I was feeling.
ReplyDeleteIt was a big life lesson for me. I made a decision at that point that I would always try and react like that when my kids broke something etc. I remember when my kids were little and they would drop a full bowl of cereal with milk on the floor. I would remember my dad saying, "Are you ok?" I would forget about my frustration with a broken bowl and milk and cereal everywhere.
I am proud of your husband for responding so lovingly. He is a good man. You are helping him to be that good man. He is right - an IPad is just stuff - you are Far more important.
It was definitely a great lesson for me, too! He reacted the perfect way and I want to remember that whenever I have my own kids and they spill a bowl of cereal on the floor ;). And you're absolutely right! I do have a wonderful husband who is a GREAT man!
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