Another good day – hot and humid – I am really enjoying this weather.  Tonight we had supper out and enjoyed the company of Harvey and Adele as we talked about the day,  plans for tomorrow and of course laughter around a variety of subjects.  At the table directly across from us was a 15 month old girl with her Mom.  The little girl was adorable, with a big smile, bright eyes and an obvious love of others.  Her mother described her as very sociable.  She sat in her little high chair swaying to the music, lifting her hands in the air and moving with the rhythm.  We imagined that this might be what our soon to arrive granddaughter might be like.  Her blonde hair and love of music seemed to fit!

She kept eyeing us, smiling, waving and charming us.  All the while being quiet and well behaved.  She nibbled away on her veggies and little pieces of chicken that her mother passed to her.

It wasn’t long before we realized that her mother wasn’t happy with her behaviour.  She seemed to feel she was being “a trouble maker”.

Really?

Her mother was abrupt with her and spoke in stern tones….suggesting at one point we should have her at our table so she could relax.

I walked out of the restaurant troubled.  Of course we have no idea what is going on in this lady’s life, what troubles, struggles, problems she is dealing with.  What I could imagine is the potential outcome of this scenario with a little girl suffering with feelings of inadequacy, or a deep desire of never pleasing her own mother.

Frankly I wished we could have taken her with us – to have adopted her or to have helped this unhappy soul of a mother.  Maybe she was just having a bad day – or evening – I asked the Lord to be in her life – to bring someone she could trust her way to help her be the kind of parent that will allow that little girl to flourish.

With the promise of being grandparents soon – I think I’m seeing life and baby’s in a different light these days. Aren’t babies wonderful!

I wonder if our new granddaughter will be named SPRING!?