Good morning.
I think all posts should start out with a greeting, don't you? It's simple, but personal. And I mean it, too, which is the great thing. Good morning. I hope you're having one, I hope you will have one...I hope it gets better if it needs a boost.
I know many of you participate in the Blogland traditions like Wordless Wednesday, Not Me Mondays....and now there is a Random Thought Tuesday. I think someone plucked my random Mumbles idea and stuck it on Tuesday. :) I tend to not participate in these traditions not because I don't like them. I do. Very much. However, I also tend to stink at following through things that are optional. If I start the trend and feel it's expected, I can follow through. But if I'm just jumping into something because it's there...I find it easier to slip back out of the stream.
Today I felt compelled to mention a few things that make me weak in the heart. Since it's Wednesday, I went ahead and tagged it as Weak on Wednesday. It may or may not be a keeper like the Mumbles, we'll see. Today I'll give you three weaknesses.
1. Honest tears. T.O. had them this morning. As I was chatting with a daycare director outside the door to his "drop off a.m. room", he ran up to me and hugged my leg. As I looked down at him, I saw tears in his eyes and he looked so innocently upset. I took him aside and just sat with him on my lap for a few minutes. He was genuinely crying and upset, which gets to me more than any tantrum tear or tired tear or hurt tear, even. Simple, emotional tears are gut-wrenching and I just want to FIX them.
(FYI - I'm not sure what brought the tears...he just hugged me and said he missed me but two very important things had just occurred - a kid puked in the room which might have bothered him AND he couldn't open his bags of cereal we brought for him. When I asked if there was anything I could fix, he said I could open his bags.)
2. Sweet apologies. I honestly dislike hearing I'm sorry. Especially if I have to hear it for the same thing, multiple times. I find that you can't be truly sorry unless you try and correct yourself from hurting me again. Hurting me can range from a kick in the leg or not rinsing your dinner plates, depending on the day. But when Hubs makes a genuine effort to apologize for something that bothers me or hurts me or makes me frustrated, I find it hard to stay mad at him. And trust me, it's very easy to be mad at him, I'm good at it.
3. A wave in traffic. If I let you into the flow of traffic (which I don't have to do because I'm very good at bumper riding if necessary - and I deem it necessary when people sneak all the way to the end of the "blocked" road and try and cut in), and you wave at me to say "thanks"....I'm more likely to let someone else in, as well. It's just NICE to wave. I wave thanks all the time (and no, not with my middle finger). One time? I was able to wave thanks to my girlfriend who was leaving her work the same time I did mine and we merged onto the highway together. That was an extra thrilling "thanks" wave. So next time you get "let in", think about waving. And do it with a smile. It goes a long way.
13 comments:
I hope you're having a great morning as well :)
What a nice post, it made me awww and :) Good day to you too!
(I always wave effusive thanks when let into traffic, do some people not??-how RUDE!!)
Amen Sister! Those tears get me too. I just wanna call in sick and take them home and cuddle all day. ;o) Just for no reason at all, but because I can!
I participate in SOME of those daily memes but not always. I use them when I have nothing else, then they are handy.
I always wave when someone lets me in or out. It's courteous and I expect the same when I let them in or out too. If they are pushy about it, I make them wait LOL!
I hate it when someone pushes in and doesn't wave thanks, and I HATE it when you let them in and they don't wave.
Oh, and I always cry when I can't open my cereal.
I guess I shouldn't mention that I can be a rude driver and not wave when someone lets me in? And that I'm one of those that goes to the very end of a lane that's ending before merging in?
Now I feel really really bad for that! Although I usually am good about letting others in (karma and all that), but they never wave to me. Those Chicago drivers are freakin' rude! Beware all out-of-state drivers coming to Chicago. We're rude and we SPEED!
I think anyone who saw T.O.'s tears would have been weakened. Even if it was just to open his bags, tears on a child would get me too.
I promise I'll try to do better about waving to people who let me in. Especially since it's construction season and my morning commute just doubled in time. Argh!
The sorry thing caught my eye. I am such a softie, that if it sounds sincere, I can't be mad anymore or hold anyone's toes to the fire even when I know I should. So be strong for both of us until they really mean it!!!
stopping by and saying hi from SITS! Have a great night. :)
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Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog today. I enjoyed your post. When my son was just two, he asked me what I'm sorry meant. I told him it means I didn't mean to hurt you and I'll never do it again. Everytime he had to say sorry, we had him repeat that. He's 18 now and I still ask him every once in awhile what I'm sorry means...just to see if he remembers. : )
Fun post! I appreciate the waves when I let someone in. I don't appreciate that they usually slow sown 10 miles below the speed limit. Stopped by from SITS to say HI!
here in L.A. it kills me when I don't get the wave. I just want to scream, "hey, where's my wave jerk off?" so sweet of me huh?
I'm with you on the tears. Poor guy.
And YES to sincere sweet apologies. Don't get me started on the lame ones given by husband sometimes :(
High-five to the waving while merging thing. I actually get grumpy if I don't get a thank you wave for letting in.
And Good Morning to you!
Yes! on the Wave for being let in! And if people would just use their turn-signals, I'm quite sure they are standard on all cars, but it seems more like they are an expensive extra.
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