February 12, 2013

No Sympathy

I have spent the last 20 years in pain, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. I think this why I have little to no sympathy for other people, even my own kid. He other day at school she pulled the classroom play kitchen over onto herself and the school called to let me know. When I got to the school at 3 to pick her up her teacher made it sound quite serious and I just said “okay.” The teacher looked a little puzzled.

Should I have raced over to her and scooped her in my arms and kissed her head better?

She seemed okay to me so no need to make a big deal out of it right?

Am I harming her by not exaggerating every scrape into a monumental “Mom will make it all better” moment?

Ahhhh... I doubt it.



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