I was at Walmart today and I heard a not very happy child which isn't unusual but this was a little different. This child was screaming like someone was hurting her. She was hitting her mom and tearing her glasses off her face. Swinging her arms and screaming, did I say screaming? At one point her mom sat down right on the floor on the frozen food isle and put her head in her hands and cried herself. She also had another child with her who was crying as well. I wanted to help but you never know how that will be received? After a few minutes she got up, child still screaming and walked to the checkout. I circled around trying to think of something to say to help but then the child stopped. I think she was exhausted. The mom picked her up and hugged her. I went down to the other end of the checkout to...checkout and as I was paying I saw she was walking my way to leave. As I walked out behind her I just couldn't let her leave without telling her she did good. She didn't scream at the child, she didn't spank her, she kept her composure the whole time. I can't say that I could have. So as we got out of the store I approached her and told her what a great job she did, that she handled it perfectly! She handed me a look of defeat and sighed with a grateful "Thank You" as she stroked her daughters hair. We talked for a few minutes and both parted to walk to our cars which happened to be parked beside each other. I got into my car and waved, she waved back and smiled.
YOU ARE DOING BETTER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE...NO BUTS ABOUT IT!
