I never expected to be the kind of mother who’d hit her sweet child in the mouth but I was, totally unintentionally! I was a registered nurse on call for emergency acute hemodialysis. One Sunday night, I got a call just about the time the kids were headed to bed. I told Bud what was up and headed for the car. Unbeknownst to me, my young son, John, had also heard the call and thought it would be fun to scare me. Just as I settled in my car for the drive, somebody screamed and grabbed me from behind. By reflex, I slammed a backhand connecting with teeth.
John yelled for sure that time, as shocked as I was. He hadn’t taken the fight or flight response into consideration, never expecting his mother to attack. We both felt awful but I didn’t even have to discuss not pulling that stunt again.
Oh dear, Linda, that is exactly how I would react. At least he learned from the experience.
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You know it.
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Hello, I am interested to know if there will be any ride on or zero turn lawn mower representative there to ask questions. I would appreciate any feed back. Kind regards. John
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Bud has a zero turn he loves. Do you need to talk to him?
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Natural reflexes are hard to suppress! Cause, you know, natural 😉
Not the best way to scare Mom!
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Yep. Neither of us knew what was coming.
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Well now I know that fight or flight response is stronger than even the mothering instinct. I BET he never tried that again..sometimes it’s a good lesson when the jokester gets the brunt..
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He didn’t enjoy it. I thought the devil had me.
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Lesson learned!!!!!
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Nothing like experience!
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owwww!
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I felt horrible!
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I’ve done things like this by accident too –
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Makes you afraid of what kid might tell!
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