a hand
I’m sure you have experienced or observed the grocery store trip. Trying to juggle two kids, a cart, a list and bags. All while trying to keep your cool. The grocery stores I frequent only have carts with one seat. AHHHHH! This leaves one child to walk or be carried. With my children it ends up that I have to carry one because he won’t keep his hands off of things. So what do I do when the child in the cart is screaming and the one walking won’t keep his hands off of the grapefruit? Easy, I take the screaming child out and put the grabby child in. HA! Not so easy. Mr. grabby hands WILL NOT get in the cart. I have a screaming boy on one hip and a kicking and screaming boy on the other. Right at this moment I am asking myself, “why the hell is everyone staring and NOT ONE person coming to help me?”
I am so amazed at how afraid people are to help. Afraid or unwilling? I’m not sure which.
Please, I repeat, PLEASE lend a helping hand. I run into hand lending opportunities every week. For example, while at the Post Office (with my boys in stroller) a gal with a newborn baby was trying to package some stuff up while standing in line with a crying baby. So without hesitation I pushed the stroller out of line and walked over to assist her. All I did was put the package together for her and it made her trip that much easier. Yes I had to wait in line a bit longer but isn’t helping someone in need more important than having to wait five extra minutes in line?
You are so nice! I can’t even count the number of times I have left my half filled cart and b-lined it to the parking lot with the screaming children. I always wondered who had to take my cart and put all the stuff back!
Ahhh, so I’m not the only one who struggles with grabby hands at the store. I sometime have to dream up “jobs” for Zoe to do to keep her hands busy and only touching what I’m going to buy anyway! It doesn’t always work though!
Holy cow, tell me about it! How about the Costco carts that won’t stay in one place when they are full, so you have to use your third and fourth arms to keep it from zipping across the parking lot into a mercedes or something. Am I the only one who has that problem?
You go girl…thank God for people like you!!