Tuesday, March 12, 2013

She's fine

On Sunday I saw this clip on Facebook. 


Yesterday I took the kiddos to McDonald's to play and get a kiddie cone!  Our small little town doesn't have much to do other than that, especially since there is a foot of snow on the ground :) There were a few families there.  Many commented on how cute my kiddos were, many asked about Henslee, how old she is etc... While trying to talk to the few that were talking to me I ran like a crazy woman all over McDonald's trying to keep the kids in the play land, keep Henslee from stealing others food and keep her from eating things off the floor. ( Sounds like a lot of fun right? :)  I watched as Henslee quickly went up to the table of a family with an older gentlemen with his back turned away from us.  Henslee snatched up one of his fries faster than I could get to her.  He was visibly VERY upset.  I apologized over and over to him.  I was dying inside.  I'm sure he was thinking the same thing the gentleman in the video clip, "where are her her parents" "what a bad mother" "she needs to be taught better than that". All these thoughts came flooding through my mind as I see the look on his face.

 His wife who sat next to him had been watching Henslee while we had been there.  I'm sure she could see the panic in my eyes.  I look to her as she says in a whisper " She's fine"," It's all right", "She's fine". She will never know what those few soft spoken words meant to me.  I am extremely blessed to see such compassion and understanding in complete strangers that I meet on a regular basis! I never want to forget these special moments that I get to experience because of  my sweet little Miss.

ps she wears Minnie Mouse slippers on a regular basis. This little girlie will not keep ANY shoes on or socks for that matter. So we stick with our Minnie Mouse slippers to be able to put them on easily!