I have 3 daughters that I am proud of. Yes, there have been some things they have done that I, and them, have NOt been proud of. But, by and large, I AM proud of my children. They are as different as morning, noon, and night.
Heather would be my morning, born at 12:30 p.m., or close to that!! She was as more my teacher than I was hers! Heather makes you THINK she is totally in control, maybe she is. But, I know, she has a soft spot.
When Heather and Tim married they decided that THEIR family came first and foremost, which is EXACTLLY what the Bible says!!!! They put their family first, theirselves, their sons next.
I remember when their firstborn son, Austin, was born. There was a slight chance of losing one or the other, mother or child. Tim picked Heather to save. He asked me what should he do?? I said "Do you want to know what you are I would say, or what Heather would say"?
He said is there a difference? I said "oh yes"!! You will pick your wife. I, like Heather, would pick my child. Therefore you and I would pick Heather, but, like I would have if it was her or me, SHE will pick her child!!
Luckily it didn't come to that. But that leads to another story of our lives.
Wendy would be my noon child. Literally in the middle.Though she was born at 11:27 p.m. She, like me, is never sure if she is right or wrong. Is she loved, or just there? Tries so hard to fit in that there is NO way she can, like me.
I was the baby, Wendy was the baby for 8 years.
Raven is the night child, born at 9:13 p.m.She, therefor, was the "baby". But, she was actually like starting all over. Which, in a sense, makes her the firstborn and the baby. It shows in her life too. She is WAY more sure of herself than Wendy could EVER be, but at the same time, she exspects mom and dad to help her when needed. Which is how she was raised.
I feel so sorry for, yet admire, Heather. She almost NEVER asked for ANY kind of help. It's like she and Tim think there is NO one but each other to depend on. Which is actually GREAT. They do know IF they need us, we ARE there for them. But they don't ask!!
All I can say, and I hope each of them knows, is we ARE and WILL be there for each of them whenever, or if ever, they need us!!
I DO love my children differently, BUT I do NOT love one more than the others.
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love the morning, noon, and night descriptions....so true. And yes, even though I'm stubbornly independent, I do need my mom - if nothing else, just to know she's there when/if I DO need her. I love you.
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