Since Mother's Day Is Coming Up..

I was thinking about the great times I have had with my son. There have been so many good times with him since he was born in June of 2004. However, I am not perfect and have had a few not so fun mommy moments. One in particular, happened when he was about 7 months old. I had strapped my son into his stroller and we sat down at a table outside the Navy Exchange to eat some food we had purchased from the foodcourt. I didn't think much of it at the time, but my husband at one point took my son out of the stroller to bounce him on his knee. He placed him back in the stroller and a few minutes later announced he was going to walk over to the barber shop and see if they were busy. I just naturally figured he had strapped my son back in the stroller. I didn't even check.

After I threw our food containers into the trash, I began to push my son in the stroller. It was fine for a few minutes but all of a sudden he fell face forward out of the stroller and onto the concrete. He started to cry and so did I. I picked him up and just held him and probably cried louder than he did. In fact, he stopped crying a few seconds later but I continued to cry and cry and cry. Some very nice woman pulled me out of the sun and told me that it was ok and that these things happen and that nobody is perfect. I was so sad and humiliated and guilty that I had let that happen. It was definatly NOT my best mommy moment and I still to this day feel bad about it.

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