Watching your words

I am so sorry it’s been over a month since I posted a blog 😬 life got in the way but here we go!

Today My mom, myself and both babies did a little shopping just because we could. We ended up a thrift store in town and the babies loved it. All the toys were there favorite.

Yes I was letting them walk away from me to look at toys. One time the both got out of my eye site. Mom went and found them and it was as we were leaving.

We go to check out and the lady behind the counter goes “if you get hurt you’ll have to go to the hospital” to P. Her face hit a panic and my mom saw my face go blank. She immediately turns to the lady and goes “please don’t say that. For us Hospitals have trauma. Hudosn has cancer”

Her response was “I’m sorry” then looks at P and says “guess you’ll have to get sewed up instead if you get hurt”

Yes I snapped and said “not any better” mom left the store with both babies. I finished checking out and we left.

When did it become ok to say anything to a child like that. What’s wrong with “you might get hurt if you ____” or “you would hate to get an owie”

Even got a “normal” kids saying you’ll go to the hospital if you get hurt could terrify them. Let alone a family with medical trauma.

You never know what someone has gone through and some words hit people differently than other.

Now yes I know we live in American and offending someone is inevitable, but when’s it’s like this instance that’s was a choice to say things that way.

God talks so much about watching our tongue and the power of tongue in the Bible.

Psalm 12:18 says “Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

Our words have the power to do so many things, both harmful and helpful.

We have to be mindful of our words and think about them carefully before we speak.

We all fall short in this category but that’s why God is here to help guide our tongues.

So watch your words, think them through, you never know what kind of pain they could cause someone