Just Wanted A Haircut

Tonight I took Cruz for a haircut. While we waited, a group of gentlemen from Dungarvin were also there getting haircuts. Cruz noticed, but didn't stare, or even ask me a question. We waited our turn and he got a great haircut.

While he was getting his haircut, the couple gentlemen and their helper left. The guy next to me made a comment like "wow that was interesting". I spoke up and said yeah, it is great they are out getting a haircut on this nice night. Not getting the potential negative agreement he was fishing for, the guy and I actually then struck up a good conversation about quality of life for people, all people.

As Cruz and I drove home I asked him if he noticed anything different about the guys in there, "yeah the one guy was kinda loud, and the other guy needed helped moving." I asked him what did he think of it, "Nothing really". I asked him if they scared him, "No, just different, they just wanted a haircut."

Beaming with pride, I asked him, what he would do if someone made fun of them or asked them to leave. "I would ask them to stop being mean, and tell them to stay."

It was nice to hear that, that in a time when so many in the public eye are telling people to be mean or judge others, my little guy knows, those guys just wanted a haircut, and that they are just like him.

Sometimes as a parent you feel like a total failure. Sometimes, you are so proud of your kids you aren't sure what you did to deserve them.

Tonight Cruz just wanted a haircut, and it turned into so much more, and something that I needed to hear tonight. Thanks world, all is not lost.