Leigh,
Speaking of son's, I had one of those moments, where as a parent you feel like you are doing something right!!!
On Saturday night, the entire family went to the store. One of the stops on our journey was to pick up Mike's prescriptions. We had called them in, and they would be ready to be picked up at 8:30. We wanted to go to another store as well, to have the kids pictures for camp dropped off to be developed. (They had been NAGGING) When we arrived at the store for the prescriptions, only Michael II and I went in. We were trying to be quick about it, so that we could get to the other store, which closed at 9:30. Mike stayed in the van with the other children. Of course, as you can guess, nothing goes smooth when you are playing beat the clock. Out of 3 Rx's only one had been filled. The second one, was too early for insurance approval to have it refilled, just by a couple of days. The third one, the pharmacy was totally out of. I also knew that Mike was totally out of 2 of the medications. This concerned me as Mikes health in general is worry some to me. In talking to the pharmacist, we decided to find out which two meds Mike was totally out of. It seem perfect that Michael II would be my runner. He could run out to ask his dad which medications he was already out of. I gave Michael, the bag with the filled Rx, in it. I also gave him the print out about the other two medications that had not been filled. Michael, took the bag and the paper and headed towards the door. When he was about 15 feet away from the counter where we had been standing, he abruptly turned around and came back. He said, "oh Mom, I almost went out there with this bag, I can't do that, you haven't paid for it yet. Have you??" I was instantly proud of his awareness of doing the "right" thing and being in tune to what his conscious was telling him. I told him that I had already paid for it, and it was alright for him to take it out of the store. He looked relieved and again explained, that he would not have wanted to leave the store if it was not paid for, for fear someone would "think the wrong thing." I assured him it was no problem and off he went. Sure, as a parent, I was proud of him, but what made it more exciting was the pharmacist took notice as well. She commented to me, how amazing it was to see such concern for doing the right thing. She further commented that she was even more amazed that it had even crossed his mind that he should not leave with the bag. She and I talked for minute or two about those affirming moments as parents. I thanked her for the encouraging words. |
