This Was Sad and Cute at the Same Time
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When I picked the kids up from the school yesterday, Tristan met me at the van looking very worried. He came around to my window and said that he needed to tell me something. My first thought was that he had gotten into a fight (no history of that, but that’s where my head went). Then tears started to well-up in his eyes and he started to say he’d made a mistake. I got out of the van to be with him and see why he was so upset. He said that whoever made the lunches didn’t put his name on the bag, so when lunchtime came around, he couldn’t find his lunch and thought he had left it at home. He then went to the teacher, very upset, and explained that he forgot his lunch and didn’t know what to do. She told him to go to the office to borrow $ for lunch truck. He started to cry and said, “How can I tell my mom that I borrowed $?” So, even though he was upset he borrowed the $ and bought lunch. After school he noticed a bag in the classroom and decided to look in it. It was his lunch. He started crying to the teacher that he had borrowed $ and his lunch was right there! She assured him it would be ok and to take the lunch home to show me that it had no name on it. When he got to the van, he was so upset that he had borrowed $3 and that I was going to have to pay it back and that his lunch was there the whole time.
All I could do was comfort him and let him know that he’d done the right thing and that I’d never want him to go hungry. I told him that $3 isn’t very much and that it’s not a problem for me to pay it back. But, when you’re 8 and you don’t get an allowance $3 seems like a lot of $. His big tears over this were so sad and so cute all at the same time. I couldn’t help thinking what a sweet kid he is and how good life must be if that’s his biggest worry!
Have a great day~
Saturday, March 1st 2008 at 7:55 pm |
Oh my…….poor little Tristan. Sure that bothered him all afternoon. How sweet was that? I even teared up when reading about it.
Saturday, March 1st 2008 at 8:45 pm |
Awww….what a great, sensitive kid!
Sunday, March 2nd 2008 at 11:41 am |
Jenn,
That is yet another example, to me, that you are teaching your children so well. He showed consideration for you, respect for the value of money, and true sorrow for what he thought was a mistake. You are raising some amazing children, Jenn. I hope that I can do the same with my boys. See you at church.
Sunday, March 2nd 2008 at 12:41 pm |
Oh my gosh! I started crying! My poor little Tristan, what a sweet boy he is. I can only imagine what must have been going through his head thinking he would be in trouble when he told you. I love him so much!
Monday, March 3rd 2008 at 12:21 am |
He is a sweet boy! I love stories like this, they prove that there is still some innocence in this world and that there are actually still some KIDS out there. They all seem to be growing up so fast these days.They’re robbed of their innocence and compassion. I feel like a lot of children are so self centered, not really considering how what they do might effect someone else. I see so few kids actually being Kids!
! You’re a good mom…thanks! It means I have awesome nieces and nephews, who are going to be and are, great people for this world.
Life is definitely good for him
I LOVE YOU ALL xoxoxo
Tuesday, March 4th 2008 at 9:02 pm |
Please tell Tristan that I thank him for reminding us, both children and adults, of the need to consider how our actions (be they positive or negative) can impact others! Thank you!
Love,
Joe