Tommy was a little boy who went to church with his grandmother every Sunday. He was curious, energetic, and always seemed to find himself in some kind of harmless trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One Sunday morning, Grandma decided it was finally time for Tommy to make his first confession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the way to church, she explained everything carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTommy, when you go into the confessional, you tell the priest the things you\u2019ve done wrong. Then the priest will give you some advice and forgive your sins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy nodded nervously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay, Grandma. I think I understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continue reading on next page\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
After Mass, Tommy nervously walked into the confessional and sat down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A moment later, the priest opened the small window between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy whispered, \u201cBless me, Father, for I have sinned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGo ahead, my son. Tell me what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy took a deep breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell… I stole a pencil from school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right. You should return it and apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd what else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI said a bad word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen remember to choose your words more carefully next time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy nodded again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd I lied to my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest smiled kindly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is important to be honest with your family. Anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy thought for a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, yeah! I threw my sister\u2019s Barbie out the window and told her she ran away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest tried not to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI see. Perhaps you should tell your sister the truth and apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay, Father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy scratched his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHmm… Oh! Last night, I put…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He suddenly stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest leaned closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou put what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy lowered his voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI put my grandma\u2019s false teeth in a glass of water…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs that all?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy shook his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, Father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat else did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy hesitated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI put a little note beside the glass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat did the note say?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy couldn’t hold back his grin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt said…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He paused dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The priest waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tommy finally whispered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2018Do not disturb. Grandma is charging.\u2019<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The priest burst out laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tommy smiled proudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then the priest asked, \u201cAnd did your grandmother find out?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tommy nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes, Father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd what did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tommy sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe said she was going to make sure I learned an important lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The priest looked concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh dear. What lesson was that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tommy grinned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNever mess with a grandma who knows where you sleep!<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even the priest had to admit that Tommy’s confession was going to be one he remembered for a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tommy was a little boy who went to church with his grandmother every Sunday. He was curious, energetic, and always…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21677,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21675\/revisions\/21677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}