The other day I generously let my daughter use my home office for several of her zoom work calls. I was fine working in the living room until I realized that my computer was running out of power and my cord was still plugged in on my office desk.

I gingerly walked to the edge of the French doors of my office and peeked in. My daughter was at my desk in the middle of a heated conversation with a screen full of faces on her computer. And to the other side of her I could see my power cord.

I weighed my options and decided my best way in would be on my hands and knees. Surely, I thought, no one will see me crawl into my office and maneuver myself behind her as I reach up onto the desk and pull my power cord out of the plug.

Crawling in, she did not even turn her head. I thought, “Yes, I can do this!” I crawled behind her, reached up for my cord and made some noise as I pulled it out. I looked up at her to see her reaction. Luckily, she was still engaged in the conversation. Feeling triumphant, I crawled back out and shut the door behind me.

Celebrating our Foolishness

I chuckled to myself as I went back to my computer. The sight I must have been – a 50 something mom crawling on her knees like a little kid sneaking sweets from the pantry. I really felt like I had gotten away with something!

It was only later in the day that my daughter showed me some of the emails that she had received from the people on the call.
One colleague wrote, “I wanted to say that whoever it was in your home that made an appearance in the Zoom meeting should be notified that they saved a meeting that was spiraling out of control towards train wreck status. She sure alleviated everyone’s spirits. I know that I was on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Lol Please send my thanks her way!”

Moral of the story: Sometimes our biggest fear of making a fool out of ourselves may be the best gift we can offer our team or our daughter’s team! After all, life is too serious to be taken seriously. # bethehero #foolsforthewin