How to turn your most embarrassing moment into a legacy

11 years ago I got off a plane from Africa. I was a very different looking man then. I had a mini-fro, wore baggy stone-washed jeans, smelled like fish and talked like Mr Eko from lost. I was also a constant source of entertainment for my new american friends. Apparently its really funny when an African says the words *sheet* and *beach* because it sounds an awful lot like *you know what* and *you know what*.

Needless to say I unintentionally made a lot of people laugh by simply being African. But overall I’m pretty sure nothing I did or said comes close to being as embarrassing as the story I’m about to tell you.

I was at a friends apartment and I was hungry so he handed me an unopened box of popcorn. I read the instructions and put the popcorn in the microwave. 2 minutes later, I heard a loud shriek from the kitchen. I ran in. There was smoke everywhere and my friend had his hands on his head. He was half laughing, half stunned.
Get this, I had put the WHOLE BOX of popcorn in the microwave. The whole thing. Unopened. Unwrapped. With individual packets of popcorn in it, still shrink wrapped.

It was so embarrassing, and as you can imagine I was the butt of many popcorn jokes for a long time.

Yes I deserved it, but in my defense, I had just come from Africa. I never had a microwave growing up or made popcorn before. So really, it was bound to happen. Which is why when my daughter [adopted from haiti] offered to make popcorn for the first time, I smiled sheepishly. I know this is like bad parenting 101 but the truth is I let her do it expecting her to do what daddy did or at least something closely embarrassing...
But to my surprise, she took the packets out of the box, removed the shrink wrap and made perfect popcorn.

As much as I wanted a good laugh, I gotta admit that I was happy she did better than daddy.
I guess thats what a legacy is. Your kids do things better than you do.
Or rather you live your life in a way that allows your kids and your kids kids to do things better than you did... to live better lives than you did. They don’t have to make the same mistakes that you did. They love God more.
Sounds great in theory but hard to figure our practically so I need help. What do you think?

How do you leave a legacy for your kids? What kind of legacy did your parents leave you? What kind of legacy do you want to leave for your kids? Also, are you bold enough to share one of your most embarrassing moments?