J stayed home with strep so I left him watching K and H while I took A to the bus. My low fuel light kept dinging so after A got on the bus I decided to quickly get gas since I didn't have any of the little ones with me. As I was standing by my car filling it up, an older man that was using the other side of the same pump looks around at me and says, "I didn't know they still made young women so beautiful." I was a little creeped out and mostly shocked. I didn't know what to say so I just smiled and mumbled "Thanks?"
I have a rule that I only put in $50 a paycheck so when I hit my limit I shut the pump off. This same man says, "Did you top it off?" "No, but I'm at my limit." He then hands me his gas hose and says, "Here, I'm full and I've already paid for this. Take what's left." There was only about $2.oo but he laughed and said it would get me a block further.
I left thinking, how strange. I am suspicious of kindness. I am cautious of strangers. I question the unknown.
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When I got home, my neighbor was at my front door talking to J. She told me that she was in her front room when she saw this little girl go flying past her house, no shoes, no coat, no parent. She told her girls to run catch that girl. By the time they caught up to her she was home. It was my K out looking for me and mad because I had left her home. I thanked the neighbor for her kindness and apologized for my lack of mothering skills. I grabbed K to bring her in for a little chat and when I opened the door, H was smiling at me with his hands in the toilet.
I am a good mom. I AM a good mom. I am A good mom. I am a GOOD mom. I am a good MOM! I am a good mom!
Someday..... ?
14 comments:
The GOOD with the BAD.....as they say. You are a good mom, if I had a dime for every time I caught one of my kids with their hands in the toilet......(nasty but true).
You are a good mom. You're so good that K comes looking for you because she wants to be with you!
You ARE a good mom! It's J's mothering skills we wonder about.... right? ;D (j/k)
Cute picture of your two men.
And, uh, yeah. I would be creeped out by that guy too. :S
Ah, Laurie, don't be so hard on yourself. You are a good mom!
That is creepy about the guy hitting on you. Kinda nice, but creepy.
YOU are a good mom. You ARE a good mom. You are A good mom. You are a GOOD mom. You are a good MOM!! (Now, not someday!)
the last time i had an encounter with a stranger at the gas pump, it turned out to be a homeless guy pretending to work there to earn some money "for a burger". i told him i had no money, so he may want to quit while he was ahead. he asked if i had any food. i had trail mix and watermelon chunks on hand. he said he wasn't THAT hungry.
hmm... i should blog about that experience.
glad you escaped creepy gas guy. all kids play in the toilet at least once. the time for concern is when you find your spouse playing in the toilet.
What a start for the day, huh?! I too would have been suspicious.... seems there is always a risk leaving the older ones to babysit.... I fight with myself everytime I want to leave without the little ones....
hey there laurie its april, I to have days like that where I feel that the mother of the year award will just pass me by! You are a good mom I dont know how you manage to stay sane with your adorable six kids two is kicking my bootie and i just got my number two! hopefully soon I will get the hang of two. its always creepy when men or anyone aproaches you at the gas station.
You ARE a good mom! I think we all have those days, so frustrating, though!
I tend to be pretty suspicious of kindness, too. It's just not always a nice world we live in!
Thanks everyone for being my cheerleaders. I didn't mean for that to happen. It was just one of those days, when everything could have gone really bad and thankfully it didn't but I question why I was put in charge. Anyways, it's a new day. Thanks again for all your kinds words. You all are awesome!
We all have days like that--the good thing is that kids are very forgiving! I had a gross guy approach me at the gas station last month--turns out he is a member of my ward, I just didn't recognize him. I'm glad I was nice to him even though I think he is still gross! K & H look so serious, yet so handsome! H looks alot like K, but I can see you in him too!
You ARE a good mom. Believe it. And when I blog about feeling the same way, remind me that I'm a good mom too. ;)
NOT just someday!! It's obvious to us all that you are. You have a bunch of lucky, lucky kids. And some day they will have the words to be able to express their thanks to you!
You are a great mom! Kids are just challenging!
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