Best Compliment

The best compliment you can get from a stranger besides "You're very attractive" is " You're a wonderful mother" the latter of which I received today at the Grocery store. Normally I get, "Wow you have your hands full" which to me really isn't something negative but sometimes it isn't meant to be positive either. So today when I heard that I was a wonderful mother from a total stranger, I must confess it really made my day. I only had three of my four children with me since Sarah was at school and at times I felt overwhelmed going down a few of the aisles (these were the aisles with elderly folk trying to decide which cheese to purchase) sometimes the older people don't appreciate young children squeaking between carts and will rudely tell you about it. Needless to say when I was complimented all the overwhelming feelings just washed away and I was proud. Proud to be a mother!