I love story time at the library. I feel like it's a great educational and social activity for both Warner and me. However, Momzillas often turn up at places like this, and we met one today.
She used a sign for nearly every word she spoke to her daughter. And I'm not talking about simple signs such as "more" - this mom was signing colors and everything. I didn't know we were supposed to include color signs in our sign language repitoire. Then during playtime at the end, the mom would say "Suzy, can you get the red ball for mommy? The red ball. Get the red ball for mommy". I half expected her to continue with "the object that is a red sphere. It has no corners. It's called a ball. In French it's called a boule and in Spanish it's called a balon".
I take mothering very seriously. It's my full-time job and I'm humbled every day that God has entrusted me with Warner's care during his formative years. However, people like this make me feel agitated and somewhat guilty, like I'm not doing enough for my child. I'm so thankful for God's grace and that although I am responsible for Warner's care, it's not all up to me.
The pastor at our church said this a few weeks ago: "God does not have any grandchildren". It took me a few seconds to get it, but once I did, I smiled. It's not all up to me. What a relief.
2 comments:
If it makes you feel better, we would definately tease you if you ever acted like that to Warner. The only ones I push are 'more', 'please', 'thank you' and 'all done'.
I guess I'm slacking with Trey's signs. And considering his only words are mama, dada & cookie, she would probably frown on my teaching abilities!!! God's gives us people like that so we may see what not to do!
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