Day Eighty Three: Promises

I try to always keep my promises.

My mother and I like to see movies together. It’s kind of our thing. A few months ago, the new Ben Affleck movie came out and she and I love Ben Affleck. This movie, Argo, is about the CIA and the hostage crisis in Iran in the seventies, which was something my mom had lived during and seen on TV. It came out a few months ago and right when it came out my mom said she wanted to go see it and I promised to take her.

Unfortunately, a bunch of stuff got in my way. The holidays, moving, medical stuff, the puppy, etc. But I kept telling her that I would take her. If we had to see it at the Elvis Ciniplex with Spanish subtitles, we would see it.

Today, I finally took her to go see it.

(For the record, it was very, very good. I highly recommend it.)

Whenever I promise someone something, I try my very best to not break that promise. There are always going to be times when I screw up, just like anyone else. But unlike other people I know, I don’t promise things lightly. If I say I’m going to do something, I’m going to do it.

Because that is what a promise is.

Challenge to my Readers:

It’s never too late to keep a promise. Maybe it was something silly from years ago, something you promised your parents, teacher, classmate, sister or dog. Keep the promises you make and don’t break someone’s heart.