When you lose it

Two days ago D got her pre-school booster shot. We were dreading it, fearing defeaning howls in the surgery. So we did what every sensible parent does, we prepared to bribe her with nothing less than lollipop and candies. H scheduled his day to be with her (I know!!!). Once in the nurse's room, he got his blabkberry out to engage her with photos and looked up to see that the shot had been given before anyone in the room except the nurse knew it. Not a single tear or even a whimper! D does not know even now that she got a 'jection'.

Anyways, that was not the point of this post. I wanted to put down something down here that D could dig into everytime she felt unsure about herself. There will be times when she feels she is not good, not clever etc etc. But she will always have this post to remind her of what she is capable of.

After we came out of the surgery, D started eating her lollipop that H had given her. nurse's room. D is not too big on chocolates but she is absolutely crazy about lollipops. It can get us out of any mess. We went to the park nearby to meet her friends. As we entered the park, I told D to throw the lollipop on the bin. She obviously refused. She had just started on it. Then I explained that when other children see her eating lollipop they will start crying as they don't have any. She immediately took her hand to the bin, thought for a second and dropped the lollipop into the bin. Just like that.

I was speechless. At the back of my mind I knew that she would throw it but I was prepared for refusal. This child loves lollipops with a passion but the compassion in her heart overrode everything. I was deeply humbled and my heart ached for her. God bless you my child and may He give you a lot of strength to accompany the compassion.