A Time when I Embarrassed My Son
Well, one morning, as I prepared to drive myself to work, I happened to see my son, Jumelle, standing at the bus stop with his friends. Something kept telling me to stop and ask if he wanted a ride. But as I edged closer, he did something I thought he would never do. He turned his head, as if he didn't even see me. He treated me like a complete stranger. My feelings were hurt and my heart sank to my feet. When he arrived home from school later that day, I wanted to ask him about it but I felt certain that he would deny seeing me.
I just let it go since I still thought about some embarrassing moments with my parents as well. I guess that old saying, "What goes around comes around," was in true form that day. My child seemed to be obsessed with material things rather than good, old fashioned love from his struggling parent. Don't get me wrong, I loved my son and I know he loved me but if I had driven a better looking car, he would have gladly given me the time of day. To him, my car was below standards. And, to this day, we still haven't talked about that innocent but I know that I embarrassed him, not to mention me.
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My son is still young, but I know there will come a day when I embarrass the bejeezers out of him! (=
Nicely written. I think all kids did something similar to their parents at some point. Tell your son to be careful over there and hope he gets home soon!
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I missed the photo caption about your son being in Iraq. Thank him for his service and we'll be praying for him.
My son has me drop him off out of sight of the school and walks the rest of the way! Parents embarassing their kids is a right of passage. Great Article!
I must note that I recently gave my son the choice of me buying hubcaps for my car or us going to the mountians to trout fish. He took the trout, I am so proud!
A touching story.
It hurts sometimes when we know that we have accidently embarrassed our children, but it is even worse I think sometimes when we ourselves are also embarrassed because of circumstances we have little immediate control over.
Oh, and speaking of embarrassing vechicals, my husband used to have one that had to always be pushed off to get it started, and I hated that, but I think the worse is running out of gas and having to push the car across four lanes of traffic..I hated that,
I once refused to speak to my mother at the school Open Day, because she had just had a bad hair color done and her normally blonde hair was PINK :-) We all do horrible things to our parents. Thank heavens they forgive us :-)
I'm sure I hurt my mother's feelings too, but I always have loved her. This is so great!