**Let me say that I do not intentionally try for this and if I do notice while in the line, I do correct the situation. If I don't notice until I'm at home, which is at least 20 minutes away, well forget it!
While in Belleville yesterday, Jacob was trying on baseball caps. He found one he liked and just wore it through the store as I didn't have a cart.
I didn't realize he was still wearing said hat until we were in the parking lot on the way to the car. I also realized I hadn't paid for it. I did say out loud to Jacob that I didn't pay for his hat. He looked at me in disbelief.
Shit!
We're about 2 hours from home. We're tired. We put our bags in the car, went back inside and paid for the hat.
I love a good deal. I love something for free. I have a moral responsibility as a person, as a parent to teach my child right from wrong. The thought did cross my mind to just go, to go home but, I looked at Jacob's sweet, innocent face and envisioned the police chasing us down I-94 and arresting me for shoplifting while Jacob is bawling for his daddy. Hating his heroes for carting his momma off to jail like the naughty-naughty we often talk about.
Jacob probably won't understand for a long time what happened in those moments or my whole thought process, I truly hope I taught him in those moments to be responsible, to do the right thing. Not to steal.
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