Tonight was time for the walk of shame.
I am the parent of four children who have lived a combined total of nearly 22 years and have never had to be called out of a church service to attend to one of them.
Until tonight.
Tonight I got paged because Tyler was crying and the nursery workers, who are fantastic, couldn't make him happy.
I got paged while sitting in our usual spot on the center aisle, about the third row from the front, in a full sanctuary that probably seats 1,000 people.
I got paged right when our pastor was in the middle of explaining why our church doesn't let babies stay in the service.
I was waiting for him to make a perfectly timed wisecrack about me walking out of the sanctuary right then, but he didn't.
People who don't know me probably think I was walking out because I was offended, but I wasn't.
I was just doing the walk of shame. The loooong walk of shame. One of the perks of parenting that I'd never experienced until tonight.
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10 comments:
You might need a red "s" on your shirt on Sunday for "shame". :)
Cheri - No kidding! He's actually been there for one Sunday morning and one Wednesday night without any problems, so I'm feeling hopeful. We did things a little differently tonight and I think we set him up for failure. Well, not that he failed, but you know what I mean. We'll see. If he keeps this up, then I'll have to migrate to the back of the sanctuary for a while. :)
Wow, that is some track record.
Oh no! Sorry that Tyler wasn't happy.
When our kids were little, we didn't have a staffed nursery or even a way to get a mom except for walking in and physically asking her to come out. The real fun is taking out a small one and having them tell the WHOLE place "bye-bye" over the preacher's sermon! (yes, BTDT, with the chatty one, JP)
Ha ha! Your writing style always makes me laugh.
I don't know why people call it the walk of shame though. There's nothing shameful about your baby being hungry!
Kristal - Well, they've balanced their lack of needing to page me with having other things to deal with. :)
Joyce - Gotta love the chatty ones!
Jacki - Yeah, it's probably not the most accurate term. Unless you're the one walking from the front of the sanctuary. ;)
Our church has a digital number system. Your number flashes on the screen at the front of the sanctuary when they need you.
So I had a son that was a hitter, kicker, bitter, hair puller, pusher downer, you dream it up and he did it. It was a rough 18 months. We are always getting called out because of him. I am convinced this is because of my high and mighty attitude about what an angel my first one was and how dare they allow "those" types of kids in the nursery blah blah blah.
Anyway...one Wednesday evening our son's number went up along with another one. That means Isaac bit somebody. They call the bitter's parents and the bitee's parents if they can't calm the kid down.
So Doug walks out along with another father. That father said, "I can't imagine why I'm being called out. We've never been called out for Michael before."
Doug said, "My kid bit your kid. I'm so sorry."
So glad this boy is the most compassionate, kind one I have. But wow was that a trying 18 months.
Tyler! I love it! I'm sure a good time-out or taking away some privileges will teach him not to ever shame his Mama that way again!
Kelly - Oh my! I'm glad you all survived those first years to end up with a great young man as a son.
Beep - Figured you'd like this. :)
I saw you walk out and laughed at Tyler's timing. Nothing shameful about it!
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