Mar 02 2009
Manic Monday: Waffle
image and prompt from Mo of Manic Monday
There are many things I waffle about: what to eat at any given time; which job I want to focus on first; whether or not I want to stay up to watch television after work or just go to sleep like a smart girl. It’s safe to say that I waffle about almost everything. Almost. I can’t say that I’ve ever waffled about feeling a deep gratitude for both of my kids.
I was doing some research this morning and came across a question on Yahoo Answers. A woman was incensed because she was getting calls from her son’s guidance counselor. Why? Because she’d told him that she wished she’d never had him. (There was no indication of him having special needs by the way.) Now, I won’t crucify her here (many of the people who responded to her question already did that), and I can’t say that I’ve ever encountered anyone who would ever say that to their child. But after reading all the responses ripping into this woman, I had to wonder: have these people never had such a thought, at least in the heat of anger or when wallowing? Not saying it’s a good thought to have, and not saying I’ve personally had the thought, but it seems to me that even the best, most loving parent should be forgiven a moment of human frailty - at least if they keep it to themselves? Even if not about my kids, I’ve had a thought or two that were pretty grimy.
At any rate, I doubt the woman really meant it what she said, and she probably (somewhere deep down) felt badly about saying it. But a better thing to consider would be if any of us can honestly throw stones. Something else for me to waffle over. What do you think?
