Albertsons

Today Jake and I went to Albertsons. They were having some really good sales on things we already buy, so I decided to swing by there before doing the rest of our shopping at Walmart. I knew that hauling Jacob into two places around nap time was pushing it, but I did it anyway. On the way into Albertsons, he was being a big turkey: playing the middle of the road, running away from me, banging on the pop machines, and million other things that made me want to scream and we weren't even in the store yet. I finally got him under control and headed toward the entrance. Just as the door swung open for us to go in, an elderly lady was on her way out so the door on the other side swung out toward us. Jake broke away from me and darted into that other door, but the lady's cart was in the way. She tried to tell him to move so that the door didn't shut on him, but the words weren't even out of her mouth before the door started closing. I was already on the other side a couple steps in the door when I saw what was happening. I rushed out the door and into the other side and grabbed his just as it closed on his arm. I was able to pull it out in time, but it resulted in some scratches on his arm. Jake immediately started bawling and having a major melt down. I'm not one to judge his pain because I've never had my arm shut in a door, but he was really putting on the show. The lady tried to console him by patting his back and apologized a million times. I tried to tell her that it wasn't her fault and that he would be okay. She left while I was still trying console him, and all I could picture was the sadness in her eyes. Jake eventually calmed down (with the help of a package of doughnut holes), and we went on with our shopping. The whole time I was walking up and down the isles, I kept thinking about that lady and how she must have felt. Even though it was in no way her fault, she felt bad because she had backed up to let Jacob in causing the door to shut. I know how I would have felt if I would have been in a similar situation. I worry about everything, and I'm sure it would have been on my mind a long time.
After we finished up at Albertsons, we headed to Walmart. Jake was busy finding "Blue's Clues", and I was rushing up and down the isles trying to get out of there as fast as I could. I was just ready to head down the baking isle, when the lady from Albertson's turned the corner. She looked at me for a minute and then came up to Jake. I told her that he was just fine and that everything was going to be okay. I told her it was in no way her fault and she wished us well. As soon as we parted ways, I felt so thankful that I had run into her one more time, to let her know everything was okay. I immediately said a silent prayer and thanked my Heavenly Father for letting us cross paths again so I could make things right.