This has happened to me atleast three times in the past few months. Once I was at Kohl’s, another time I was at the grocery store and I can’t remember where I was the other time. What would you do if you were out shopping and you heard at 50ish year old woman yelling at, berating and belittling her elderly mother? The situation always seems to be about the same…the daughter is “helping” the mom shop for groceries, clothes, etc. and the mother is being indecisive or unhelpful, so the daughter starts yelling at her. I want to go up the daughter and remind her of all of the things her mother did for her throughout her life including carrying her in her womb for nine months and birthing her. That alone should garner some respect, let alone all of the other countless things that I am sure these poor elderly women have done for their families. How do I know? Because I am a mother and I know what mothers do for their kids. Also, I can’t imagine talking to my own mother that way. If my mom ever got senile and couldn’t decide if she wanted grapes or oranges or wasn’t sure if she wanted black pants or brown pants, I would just buy them both or I wouldn’t buy any of them-whatever-they aren’t going to know the difference anyways! It isn’t worth talking to someone like that. Now on to my question, what would you do if you witnessed something like this? My wise older brother advised me to keep walking. Would you?
What Would You Do?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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