Outrageous thoughtfulness!

John asked me to help him, so I did.
He was cutting a door for our kitchen cabinets and he needed me to hold one side.
Ecco ran up to see what we were doing and we asked her to move back until we were done.
She stood on the stoop and watched.
I held the particle board door as the saw sprayed me with dust from waist to face. I was wearing my only good nursing shirt so I felt badly when it happened...I don't think sawdust is one of the approved foods for newborns.
I looked at John with sad eyes and said "it sprayed all over me". :(
I was looking for sympathy and maybe even an apology, but what I got was so much better!
Ecco calls back without missing a beat "I will help you brush it off Mama!". She is so thoughtful! And it's useful to have such a pragmatist around. I thought I needed an apology, without realizing it, I was trying to make John take a little bit of blame, but the truth of the matter is that the sawdust was spilled milk; already done. What I needed was a little kindness. And unexpected kindness like that is some of the sweetest medicine I know!