Nothing shows you quite how temporary a material possession is... like having small children around! Sometimes it can feel like our children are drawn to our most precious and prized possessions. Inevitably, many end up cracked, stained, or broken after unsteady little hands have handled them. One mom was holding a brand new, beautiful pottery bowl when her son's tennis ball flew through the air, shattering it. Torn between laughing and crying, she concluded, "This is why we can't have nice things!"