Sunday, January 25, 2009

Visiting San Felipe - a little guilt...

I visited San Felipe for Operation Club Foot yesterday. I did something that I am not proud of. I thought I'd donate 200+ slinkies and three bags of clothes that my son doesn't fit anymore. But the question was, since there were so many parents there, who would I give the clothes to? Eventually, three moms gathered around me asking, in an almost demanding way, for some clothes for their daughters. I told them repeatedly that I only have boy clothes to give and they kept saying that they'd like clothes for their daughters and I got a little irritated and I raised my voice and said, "I only have boy clothes!" And they nodded their heads and kind of backed off. I gave them the clothes that I had, even though some were blue. I felt bad for raising my voice, but I just needed some space. And I felt like they weren't saying please or anything, which was probably why I was a little irritated. It's almost like they were expecting me to give them something, like I had to give them something. In the end though, they said the words that I was looking for - Gracias. That word always makes things a little better.

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