Mom On the Alert

WHY I LOVE BEING A GRANDMOTHER

Last night I received a phone call.

"Hello"
"Nana, this is Zoe"
"Hi Darling."
"Nana, I need to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"My Daddy hurt my feelings."
"Oh no! What happened?"
"He yelled at me."
"What happened?"
"He said I put a coin in my mouth."
"Did you?"
"No."

From the background I hear Mike say: "Yes you did."

I asked, "Did you have a coin in your mouth?
"Yes."
"How did the coin get in your mouth?"
Zoe whispers, "I put it there."

I commented that her "Daddy just wants to keep her safe".
Zoe asserts, "I can take care of my self!"
I sigh. She isn't even eight!

Zoe continues, "Nana, Daddy hurt my feelings."
I asked, "What did he do?"
"He said he was going to turn me into a 'goon'.
"Oh, were you frightened?"
"Yes."
I tell her that "her Daddy won't really do that. He Can't."

She tells me again that "Daddy said he would turn me into a goon."
And reiterates, "He hurt my feelings."
I say, "Daddy shouldn't threaten you."

Zoe says, "Tell Daddy!"
Mike switches on the speaker phone.
I tell him, "Don't threaten your daughter."

He laughs and fills me in on what happened.
This all started when the girls were in the bath and Mike told them to stop slashing. A little rebellion ensued. Zoe threatened to "tell on him".

He asked "who are you going to tell?"
She said, "I am going to tell your Mommy
Henceforth the call.

Throughout the whole conversation, I heard Mira in the background loudly defending her sister.

Poor Mike!

Posted by Judi at December 9, 2003 1:18 PM | TrackBack