So my day to try and choose "that good part" didn't really go as planned yesterday; this situation messed up my intention completely...
Another mom in the ward has been on me for two weeks now to drive her kid to early morning seminary everyday. It's not that I dont' help when I can, but we're already taking three other people's kids, plus I have my other kids to worry about in the morning. This is a woman who doesn't have younger children, and didn't have to buy a second car just to even make early morning seminary possible for her own child. Three people in their household, each with their own job...eight people in my household and only my husband's income; YET she has the audacity to tell me she can't afford the gas money to take him everyday. Because of our schedule it would make all the kids in our car 5-10 minutes late everyday. I've explained this to her but she keeps insinuating that is not a big sacrifice when it means her son will be able to attend. WHAT? I have to sacrifice more gas money in the car we had to buy and insure, make my kids late, and make my other kids wait for me longer, but she can't simply get her rear out of bed and pay her own stinking gas money to get her OWN child to seminary.
So I've decided there has to be a line somewhere between serving one and another and becoming a sucker; and if I drive her kid I am being a sucker. I say learn some self reliance woman and drive your own kid.
*Notice the previously posted "make your own soup" article...ha, I was pretty proud of myself for making the connection to soup at such an early hour :))))
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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