[blparent] When Our Kids Do Us Proud

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi.  We've had a lot of discussions on this list about behavior we don't want in our kids, but once in a while they really shine.  I was so proud of Sarah last night, I just had to brag.  We were at a Village Inn restaurant where we go often, and we know one of the waitresses whose name is Jenny.  Sarah told Jenny it was her birthday, and then invited her to the party we're having on Sunday.  Jenny said she would love to come but she had to work that day.  Sarah thought about it for a second and then said, "Um, excuse me?  Jenny?  Why don't you take my pie home then, since you can't come to the party?"  She'd just gotten a piece of her favorite lemon pie.  I was floored.  I told her how nice that was of her to offer, and so did Jenny.  Parenting can sometimes be hard, and sometimes tedious from day to day, but Dad and I must be doing something right!

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist