Dr. Feelgood

In the past couple days, I have experienced two things that have made me feel very good about myself.

1)  Yesterday, as usual I picked the boys up from daycare, I strolled out of the building as I normally do, carrying Caleb and holding Ben's hand.  I got out to my truck and was strapping Caleb into his seat as Ben was standing by my side holding my leg (that is the rule so I know he is safe).  A young guy wheeled out of his parking spot and shouted "you're the best, you set a good example for Dads like me, an inspiration!" I was taken back a bit, I did not know this guy, not sure if this was the only time he has observed me or if he sees me regularly.  But anyway, it made me feel really good.

2)  Earlier in the week, I FREECYCLE'D three baby related items to a nice woman who was collecting stuff for a friend of hers that was due with her first baby this week.   Family and friends of the Mom to be couldn't afford to buy her a lot of all the required stuff for child rearing, so her friend was on the look out for free stuff.  I was glad to pass it along, as all the items were things that we received from friends or family as well.  But the lady sent me a thank you email as if I had just given her a thousand bucks or something, but it was really nice.

Am I sharing these experiences to toot my own horn?  No, just sharing because it's things like this that keep you going.  I continuously thought of these feel good stories last night when Caleb decided he wanted to cry for no apparent reason from 2-4:30AM!!!

Comments

[Jody]

It always feels good helping out mankind, no matter how small the measure of kindness is!

As for "Daddy Safety"; I wouldn't expect anything less from you Kull. I would have shouted a kind word at you myself.

[Kull]

Thanks for the kind words Jody. Parenting feels thankless at times and is very stressful and challenging, so little shout outs like that feel nice.