Sunday, January 17, 2010

Abusing my child??



Friday night I was on my way to get my van from Firestone with my mom! Landon has just woken up from his nap. He had pulled his socks off in his crib while he had been sleeping. My mom brought him out to the car when we both realized he didn't have socks. We both thought..."We are just picking up the van...not a big deal." On my way home I realized I didn't have any whole milk, so I thought I would stop by WalMart quickly. Landon and I ran in to the store...it was a cold day but not terrible. We were about to leave and I decided to stop at the redbox before I left. As I was looking for a movie, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and there was a man...He asked, "Does this kid have shoes and socks?" I was so caught off guard, I answered, "I lost them." He started to say something else in a rude manner, so I cut him off and politely responded, "You know it really is none of your business." He then preceded to yell at me, "It is my business...You are abusing this child!" I responded, "Well, then turn me in," and then turned around. He walked away yelling, "Yeah sure get your movie when you don't even have enough money to buy your kid shoes and socks!" Needless to say, I started bawling. I was for the first time humiliated as a mother. I can laugh about it now, but I did cry most of Friday night! It did make me realize that I need to look out for other mothers being harassed by weirdos!
Above are some pictures of our abused child from that evening...I bought him those Sponge Bob Squarepant PJ's while we were at Wal-Mart!

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