When No one is Looking

By Belinda

It has been a long day--my memoir snippets will continue, but not tonight I'm afraid! I will shoot for Thursday.

Here is something a little less taxing for my brain; a story that Brenda shared with me.

Brenda works in the front office of a private boarding and day school for boys in grades 6-12. The boys are the joy of her job. She loves them, keeps them in line, teases them and laughs with them.

Last week she overheard a conversation between a group of boys. One of them, referring to a game he was playing on his laptop, said, "That's retarded."

"Now why would you say that?" said another boy, "that's offensive."

And the boy with the laptop was silenced.

Later in the week, the mother of the second boy was at the school and Brenda told her what had happened.

She said, "Your boy was good when no one was watching. Make sure when Mother's Day comes, you get something extra special, because you are doing a good job."

"So...I can't get mad at him for losing his swim goggles again?" said the mom.

Comments

Marilyn Yocum said…
I'm glad you went for the less taxing option because I loved this story and that Brenda passed the kudos on to the mom! I'm sure it made her day.
Wonderful story, you, above all, know how I feel about that kid!
Susan said…
Hey Belinda, I hope you get something extra special on Mother's Day, too. :)
Susan said…
Hey Belinda, I hope you get something extra special on Mother's Day, too. :)

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