my dd is a better person than i am!!
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my dd is a better person than i am!!
| Wed, 02-11-2004 - 10:46am |
o you guys, i am just so proud!! lol. but really, my four yo is a better person than i am or will ever be, and i am so proud of her today! she's been dealing with two little girls in her prek class who have some nasty little attitudes and say some very mean things when they don't get their way. my dd has had her feelings hurt alot and we have talked quite a bit about what she can say or do when situations like that arise. today all that hard work payed off! this am dd was waiting in line to wash her hands, and one of the "mean" girls was in front of her. alleria (dd) asked the other girl if she had signed her name yet (a perfectly normal nice question) and the other girl turned on her and started yelling, saying "NO I DIDN'T AND DONT' ASK ME AGAIN, AND DON'T STAND BY ME ANYMORE CAUSE YOU'RE NOT MY FRIEND AND I HATE YOU!!" i just kinda stood there with my mouth open, i mean alleria has told me some of the things these girls say but i always kinda assumed she was making it out to be worse than it was b/c dd is a sensitive kid and gets her feelings hurt rather easily. but she's not kidding, this girl is MEAN!! lol. so i was just standing there trying to decide what to do, if i should say something or tell the teacher or ignore it or what, when alleria dealt with it herself! she looked the girl in the eye and said calmly "well i always love you even if you hate me, but i don't like it when you talk like that to me, so i'm going to leave until you want to be friends again!" and then she walked away! i just stood there in awe of my daughter, i've told her to deal with it that way but i never in a million years expected her to actually DO it!! i was so proud of her i could have cried. honestly, she is a better person than i am. if someone had acted like that to ME first thing in the morning, after i had tried to strike up a nice conversation, and before i had had my coffee, you can bet i would not have handled it that well. i would have stooped right to their level and yelled "well i'm not your friend either, so hmmph!" lol. the girl wasn't even talking to me and i'll admit i was a bit pissed. but alleria was cool as can be, and nice to boot, it was so cool. i told her how proud i was of her, and she was kinda confused, like "well, that's what you told me to do, so i was doing it that's all." then in line that girl came to stand by dd and as they were walking up to breakfast the girl gave dd a big hug and said "you're my friend again" and alleria just smiled and said "i'm always your friend hannah." then dd pulled me down so she could whisper in my ear "mommy, you're the best mommy, you always know what to tell me to do!" seriously, my eyes teared up! it really made the last four years worth it. today i was really truly thankful that i have the privilege of being her mom, it's such an honor.
just had to share,
clarity
just had to share,
clarity

clarity
I cried when I read your post. How sweet is that? I would have melted into the floor. What a great girl you have there!
Jill