I was sitting at the playground watching my son play on the playground. I saw her coming, before she saw me. A cute, little gal with pink hearts on her t-shirt. She was confidently using the concrete curb I was sitting on, as a balancing beam. The minute I saw her I knew she was headed my way and would want past me. I wondered how this was going to go down. "Excuse me", her sweet little voice said. I grunted, and stood up to let her pass, the whole time annoyed at myself that I was annoyed at a young person using manners. I am big on manners! My son has been forced to say "Please" and "Thank you" since before he could talk (Ok, that might be a slight exaggeration but I am really into manners!). And here I am pissed that this little girl felt entitled to move the adults from their sitting wall, just because she used her manners! What is wrong with me? Am I that miserable?! She balanced along, totally unaware that she w...