Today was the day, the day Lissy would finally prove to her Mommy that she was a big girl! “Mommy, I have to go potty!”

“Oh?” The woman smirked as Lissy did her “Potty Dance”, bouncing from foot to foot as she pressed her hand into the padding of her diaper to try and keep from wetting herself. “I can see that, honey. Let me get the potty ready for you.”

Lissy grimaced as the urge to wet grew more and more with each passing second. “Hurry, Mommy! I got’s to go!”

“Hold on, I’m coming.” With the speed of a snail, the woman carried over the large plastic training potty and set it down in the middle of the floor. “There you go, honey. Now show Mommy you can use the potty like a big girl.”

Finally! Rushing over to the potty, Lissy plopped down onto the potty and released her aching bladder, sighing with relief as the pressure released. However, something felt wrong, she still felt wet, almost like when she… 

With a horrified gasp, Lissy realized too late that she had forgotten one very important step: she had forgotten to pull her diaper down first! All she had managed to accomplish was thoroughly soak yet another of her diapers. All her efforts had been a failure! Fresh tears sprang from her eyes as she bawled like the baby she had just proved she was.

“Aw… don’t be sad, honey.” The woman said reassuringly, patting the bawling teen on the head comfortingly. “You’ll get it one day, I just know it. Now come along and let Mommy change you out of that wet diaper and into a fresh one. Sound good?”

Sniffling, Lissy reached up and took her mother’s hand as she was led towards the changing table. Mommy’s right! There’s always tomorrow…