Heartbreak at the Derby

I am convinced that the hardest thing to experience as a Mom is watching your child's heart break. That's what happened tonight at the Pinewood Derby. As the car that our whole family had put so much time and work into rolled down the track to lose heat after heat, the look in Tyler's face was undeniable. We had such high hopes of at least doing better than last year. We definitely put more work into this car. It was 'sleeker', the wheels were 'faster', the weight was 'correctly distributed'. As we all loaded into the car after all was said and done at the Derby. Tyler said it all: "That sucks!" I agree. There are no other words to describe that feeling. I wanted to take the pain away. All I could tell him was "I am so sorry." All I could do was give him a tight squeeze. I know it's really not a big deal in the long run. Really, it isn't a big deal in the here and now, but watching my son melt in the car on the way home after holding it together in front of his troop, it seemed like the most important thing in the world. Losing totally sucks.