Monday, March 26, 2012

Good Job

I'm often impressed with the creativity and endurance of  some mothers.  I saw one at Aldi's the other day.  This woman held an adorable, chunky, and sleeping toddler with her left arm.  His round head rested on her left shoulder. She held her child all the while she picked her groceries off the shelves and placed them into her shopping cart. When it was time to put the groceries on the conveyor belt, she did so without putting the child down.  When it came time to pay, she got the money out of her purse and still held onto the sleeping child.  She wheeled the groceries to the area where customers bag their purchased food items and began the bagging process.  She did all this with one arm.  Before I left the store, she shifted the toddler to her right arm and he stirred a little.  She spoke softly to him in Spanish, and he went back to slumber land.  She didn't appear stressed at all.  It seemed she knew she had a task to complete and wanted him to get his nap in while she did so.  She did a good job.
Take care,
Sylvia

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