Little Boy Asks Dad Why He Never Gets Mad at Mom, Even When She Does Everything Wrong — Story of the Day
A son learns a valuable lesson in compassion, kindness, and understanding from the way he sees his father treat his mother.
Joey couldn’t understand what was going on in his house. His mom, who was always this really together person with a thousand things on the go and time to spare to catch him out on every trick was different.
She was just not herself. Not long ago, Joey and his dad would get up to the sound of her humming and the delicious smell of bacon and eggs, or pancakes — now they were lucky to get toast and cereal. And the oddest thing is that his dad didn’t seem to notice!
Jack couldn’t understand why his dad was so patient | Source: Shutterstock.com
That particular morning the toast was even burned to cinders! Joey ate his cereal and watched in astonishment as his dad ate that pitch-black toast as if it was a delicacy. He even thanked Joey’s mom…
“Dad?” said Joey. “Did you REALLY like that toast?”
Joey’s dad took another bite and nodded. “This, Joey, is the most delicious toast ever.” Joey was sure that his dad was just as crazy as his mom! He went to school thinking about it.
“What if they both go mad? I’ll have to live with Grandma Freda and she smells funny and wears dentures!”
Joey was very worried about what was going on in his home | Source: Unsplash
Joey watched with growing apprehension his parents’ eccentric behavior. That night, his dad announced that he had an important meeting in the morning and his mom immediately offered to iron his favorite shirt.
His dad was tucking him in after reading him a story when his mom walked in with the shirt in her hands and tears in her eyes. “Oh Ralf,” she sobbed, “I burnt it…”
Joey saw that the front of the shirt now had a huge black mark the exact shape of the iron. To his surprise, his dad put his arm around his mom’s shoulders.
“Bess, it’s okay!” he said gently. “It’s only a shirt and not worth crying over. I have a dozen more shirts in my wardrobe, and I’ll wear one of those with my favorite tie.”
