What Would You Do??

Last night my son and I went to pick up dinner and while waiting in line he decides to share something with me. Honestly I was surprised, he is usually very secretive.

He was with his sister (she is not mine) and they into a convenience store near her house. Upon walking in he saw money on the floor and realized it was $30.00. He picked up the money and proceeded to take it to the cashier, even against his sisters urging. He told the cashier "You know there was $30.00 on the floor?" and handed it to him. Upon leaving the store his sister asked why he gave it to the man and he replied "Because it was the right thing to do."

Holy crap, who came down and smacked him in the head??? I was shocked! If you have followed this blog, you would know my son has had a host of issues. ADHD, Tics and so on. And alot times he has not made the right choices and has even stolen a couple of times. Maybe new brains cells are appearing at 14 years old?? J/K

I told Zac that he was absolutely correct, it was the right thing to do and that I was very proud of him because I am sure that it was very hard to give the cashier the money. Secretly, I wanted to cry. I know I shouldn't feel that way, he is 14 but when you feel hopeless about your child sometimes and then he does something like this, you feel proud. Makes me feel like he does value what I teach him and it gives me a glimmer of hope that he will turn out to be the man I want him to be.

So after dinner me and the hubs were sitting outside and I told him what Zac had told me in the restaurant. He was stunned, he looked at me and said " Wow, how hard must that have been? Just for doing that he deserves the $30.00." I agreed, good deads don't go unrewarded in our house, so we did, we gave him $30.00 for probably making one of the hardest choices he has ever had to make.

I couldn't feel more proud of him right now........

What would you have done??