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[quote=Anonymous]My youngest is in college now. She's an absolutely terrific young woman -- smart, warm, full of fun and capable of speaking truth to power in a civil and disarming way. She was hell on wheels as a toddler, though -- tantrums at in the library, grocery store, swimming pool, etc. I would have been mortified to have someone make funny faces at her. Plus, it wouldn't have worked -- she didn't need distraction, but space to get herself together. So, I rushed to get out of the store or whatever to give her the opportunity to calm herself. The one occasion that I recall a stranger being a godsend was when a little boy behind us in the line at Toys R' Us (throwback Thursday here) looked at me with great sympathy and said, "Sometimes it's just hard being a mom." Wherever that boy is today -- he's probably around 25, I'm guessing -- I hope karma is with him for his kindness. [/quote]
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