Robertson Tribe Updates

Bekah is enjoying swimming for her PE class this term, and we’ve been diligent about packing all her things the night before so she can have them the next day for class. I was surprised to get a call this week from the office saying Bekah had left her swimsuit at home and needed it brought to the school. I questioned them since I thought she had it with her when she left the house, but they were insistent she said she left her swimsuit at home. Ooookay, I thought. Maybe she left her whole bag here at the house….. I searched high and low…no bag. I called hubbyman since he dropped her off. Yes, they had the bag when she left the house. Yes, they had it on the bus. Yes, she had it when they got off the bus (I was worried about that step). Yes, she had it on her shoulder when he dropped her off at school.

What in the world?!

I called the school back and explained that I just didn’t understand how she could have forgotten her suits, so could she please call me herself and tell me. Sure, they said.

The phone rings….”Hello…Mom….I need my swim shoes. We can’t walk around the pool without them.”

Swim shoes.

Swimsuit.

To a non English speaker, they sound practically the same.

You wonder why we have misunderstandings so often……

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