Just really quickly - because I don't want to forget.
Michael and I were at Trader Joe's with my sister last Friday. We were in a pretty narrow aisle and I was waiting for this really huge woman to pick out what she wanted from the shelf.
It is worth saying I had to wait because she took up the width of the display I was looking at and half the width of the aisle so we were all trying to maneuver around her.
I was pretty proud of myself to be patient and not make a big stink about having to wait. I was really thinking and hoping to myself that this lady was trying to eat healthier food by coming to Trader Joe's and really was familiarizing herself with the products.
So I didn't make a fuss.
But that's not the point to this story.
She goes on her way and moves to the next display over. And right as she passes, Michael says to me in a very loud voice:
"MOMMY! Did you see that REALLY fat woman right there?"
Well, that really fat woman was just about 4 steps in front of my cart and I was mortified.
All I could say was, "Michael, that really was not a nice thing to say about someone."
And I looked back and wished I had made it more of a teaching moment. To talk to him about how God made everyone different and He loves us all. And to call someone "fat" is not a nice thing to say about one of God's creations.
Sigh. New lessons learned on parenting. All the time. In the beginning, it was just making sure they didn't hurt themselves and feed them. Now - onto the hard character building stuff.
As you can see, my list of blog posts I need to do is growing longer. I will be back soon. I just need to finish another set of birth announcements for another client!
Love,
P
1 comment:
Awww. But kids are still working on their "filters". And by telling him that it wasn't very nice to say you did A LOT more than most parents.
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