Good Times!! We were in Walgreens waiting for our pictures when the little man decides it would be funny to run away from Mama. He got a couple of rows away and looked back and didn't see me but he saw a stranger and starts screaming at the top of his lungs "MAMA" and runs the complete opposite direction. I thought maybe that scared him into not leaving again...but no...it didn't.
Two minutes later he's off again laughing and giggling having a grand time while I chase him around trying not to threaten him with anything illegal out loud. Oh! and who can forget the nasty judgemental glares from old people that probably haven't dealt with a two year old in a hundred years! Well, I caught him eventually, because of course I am bigger and faster, but it required a little finesse and a lot of restraint. It could probably be misinterpreted if I were to tackle a two year old in the feminine hygiene aisle. I could just see me flying through the air taking him out at the knees then the two of us sliding across the floor taking out old people like pins in a bowling alley-STRIKE!! Luckily, he is a shuffler so I could here him coming before I saw him. I had to plan carefully because if I jumped out too soon he would laugh and run the opposite direction like a bolt of lightning and I would look even more stupid than I did already. So I waited, like a tiger waiting to pounce on its prey. I waited till I saw the tip of his tennis shoe and swooped him up.
I thought I was embarrassed before??? That was nothing. Let the games begin!! He starts SCREAMING and SWINGING and FLAILING and CRYING...in other words...making a HUGE scene. Only 10 more minutes and the pictures would be ready. Do I just ride it out or drag the little booger out by his ear? No brainer-I drug him out. Thank goodness he hasn't learned to yell stuff like "Call the police she's going to kill me" or "stop hitting me mommy it hurts-Call Children's Services"! So I strap him in to the car seat while he swings wildly trying to hit me; and it was there, in Walgreens parking lot,for all the world to see,that we had our FIRST "come to Jesus" experience. What I failed to predict was the humiliation of having to go back into the store to pick up the pictures. Despite the look of "Oh no here they come again" in the cashiers eyes when we came back in for round 2, I have to say, this time Collin was the picture of perfect behavior! Thank you baby Jesus!
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009
My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy
I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.
I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.
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