A situation of my own

Today my mom and sister returned from a week trip to Tennessee for a Destination Imagination Global Finals Tournament. Upon their arrival home, I wanted my mom to immediately start asking me about how my week was and how my track meet went. I didn't care about how my sister's team had done, I just wanted her to pay attention to me. When she started talking to other people instead of me I started to become angry with her. I couldn't figure out why she was being so selfish. Then I realized that I was in the "I-deserve box". When she returned, I had a choice; either congratulate her and ask her about her trip or impatiently wait for her to ask about my week. I betrayed my initial judgement and decided to wait for her to ask me how i was. I had not gone to the Global Finals yet I still believed that it was more important for her to ask about my week than for her talk to all the people she hadn't seen while she was gone. I felt that I deserved to be asked about my week. I was seeing her as an object, not a person who had missed many people, not just me, while she was gone. Once I realized how selfish I was being, I was able to leave the "I-deserve box" and see my mom as a person. I spent the rest of the day enjoying the welcome home party instead of sulking around like I would have.