Had a most-embarrassing-moment-as-a-mom last Easter Sunday!
We were at Powerplant at Cibo in front of Toys R Us. While
waiting for our bill, Basti ran off to the beachballs displayed in front of
Toys R Us and threw one big ball – which to our horror – hit the glass of iced
tea of a lady sitting nearby – spilling all the iced tea onto her mouse (she
was working on something on her laptop, which almost got wet too), and then
also drenched her khaki pants!!!!!!!!!
OMG. My heart raced, as I ran to her, apologizing profusely,
giving her a pack of baby wipes, and apologized more. Then I frantically ran to
the counter to get paper towels for her, and helped her wipe everything and
continued to apologize.
I felt like my heart was going to pop out of my body - I was
so nervous that she would throw a fit about the accident and scold me like hell
for not watching my son and keeping him on a leash, then suddenly, a man with a
small boy in tow walks over to her asking her “what happened, mom?”
I felt God’s ray of light shining upon me as the lady in the
drenched khaki pants smiled and said to me “Its ok, don’t worry, we also have a
little boy, so I know how likot they can be…”
I smiled (still nervously) and thanked her, and apologized
again, and while I was walking towards the counter again to order and pay for a
new iced tea for her, I prayed, “Thank you God for mommies who understand other
mommies. I promise with all my heart, that when the tables turn and something
like that happens to me too one day, I will be like the mommy in the drenched
khaki pants.”
Amen. Happy Easter!
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Whew, that's a relief! :). It's a good thing she was a mom too. Imagine if it was a yuppie, trying to meet a deadline!
ReplyDeleteIf that happens to me, yes, I too will be that mom in the drenched khaki pants...it's always better to be nice, isn't it? :)
Oh, I love eating at Cibo Powerplant mall, by the way :)
Hi Pepper, thanks for your comment. Yes, i was really really lucky! :) Thank goodness :)
ReplyDeleteWe also love eating at Cibo Powerplant near Toys R'Us because the location is just so convenient, and Basti loves the food too, and especially their iced tea and chips :)