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| Welcome to Day 27 of the series Speak Praise as part of the Write 31 Days challenge. |
The discount store was crowded Friday afternoon. As I finished my shopping and took my bags out to the car, a woman hastily pushed a cart with her screaming child back to her vehicle. Her little boy was whining for something he wanted. This young mom was resolved in her answer "no", yet her son grew more and more persistent.
Sensing the stress in her body language, I closed the trunk of my car, and smiling in her direction I said, "Stay strong mama."
Hearing me, she instantly relaxed her shoulders as she made eye contact with me. Relief washed over her face as I sympathized with her. She told about what had happened moments before, when a man behind her in the check-out line gruffly criticized her child's behavior.
I'm sure in the moment of meltdown, this mom wished she could have had a cleaver come-back to the unwanted advice. Instead she coolly stood her ground with her child.
