Teen-agers are a funny lot. They have the ability to make you proud and drive you crazy at the same time. Saturday morning the girls were to be at the church by 5:45 a.m. for a 6:00 departure on a mission trip to Mexico.

• At 5:40 I asked Taylor if she was ready to go. She said "In a minute"
• At 5:45 Taylor was in her room with the door shut. She was changing her outfit.
• At 5:48 Taylor emerged wearing an article of Madison’s clothes. Madison said "no way you’re wearing that". Taylor went back into her room to change again.
• At 5:51 we were in the car headed to church. Taylor said, "Oh, we need our passports."
• At 5:52 I was frantically looking for Madison’s passport, which was not where it was supposed to be. I finally grabbed her birth certificate.
• At 6:00 we pulled into the Church parking lot where the bus of teens waited, loaded and ready, for Taylor and Madison to arrive. As soon as the girls were on the bus the crew took off for their mission to Mexico.
• At 6:30 we were back home and Wendy discovered that Taylor had left some, rather necessary, articles of clothing at home. She had put them in one suitcase and then decided to transfer everything to another suitcase – but forgot to transfer these certain items (Let’s just hope she doesn’t get in an accident!)

I guess when you ask a teenager if they are packed and ready, it’s best to follow-up with a check-list and inspection 🙂