I have to admit, when it comes to my babies I am a total Momma Bear. You hurt my kids, I hurt you :) Little kids who take toys from them drive me nuts, doctors who don't know their stuff make me want to scream, and although I try not to spoil them, I secretly want to give them every little thing they ask for. I just have this instinct to protect them and make sure that they are never wronged. And that brings me to tonight.....
We decided to go out for a family dinner as Brandon has to travel for work and we won't see him for a couple of days. As we pulled up, there were no parking spots for us. I scanned the cars and all of the cars but one had handicapped stickers. Brandon jumped out to put our name in and when he got back in I asked if there was one in the car's window I couldn't see. He quickly said, "ya, there's one in there." I had to get the kids out in the front of the restaurant and then let Brandon go park. I walked over to the car and what do you know? Nothing. Some gerk parked in a handicapped spot who didn't need it!! My Momma Bear instincts immediately kicked in and I wanted blood (so to speak ;D ) But, before I went table to table to find the offender, Brandon talked me down a bit. I brought it up a few times and I REALLY wanted to wait out by their car so that we could have a few words. He told me that although it was annoying that it really wasn't worth being upset over. I calmed down and decided to enjoy our dinner :) Towards the end of dinner the manager stopped at our table and asked how everything was....my mouth was half open and I was ready to spill it. But, I glanced over at Brandon and thought, "why bother, it's family time". I said, "Everything has been great, thank you." He walked away and Brandon smiled at me and said, "Thanks".
Momma Bear was raging inside of me but I was able to contain myself :) Yay, me. But, let me warn everyone. The next time I see someone park in a handicapped spot who shouldn't be there, it may be a different story. My baby has a wheelchair and a ramp and she deserves a spot! :)
(also a new post on Ella's caringbridge site....www.caringbridge.org/visit/ellapeters)
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