Once in a while, (jokingly, mind you), I will tell my husband had I known what I was in for 21 years down the road when I said, "Yes, I will go out with you", I would have ran when I had the chance! (ok, maybe not, but still...)
You see, when we had our four kids I hopefully envisioned them being easy to steer in the right direction as they grew - you know, clean bedrooms, agreeing with most of our parental opinions with smiles on their faces,( Oh Mom and Dad, I really respect your years of experience and really see why you said "no"), eating what I fixed for dinner with exclamations of delight, ( "Oh Mom, the onions you put in this meatloaf are just the right touch!"), and never causing us too much hair pulling ...(so why am I almost bald?)
Well...taint the way it is... Right now we have one in college that we never know what she is going to come up with - she changes what she wants to do all the time so we figure she will be in college for the next 10 years....or longer.
The middle two are twins, and learning to drive via their dad...(my husband made the mistake of telling me to ride with one of them on their first driving lesson-SO not a good idea!)-I screamed when one of them tried to park the car at the post office, went over the parking bump, and headed for the window of the building. That will absolutely be the LAST time I ever get in on a driving lesson for any of them...period! (And they are glad too! )
I had no idea most of the talking I would do at this stage would consist mostly of the phrases, "Because I said so and I am older and wiser than you, that's why", and "as long as you live here and we pay your bills, you will", and " What is that dish of mold doing on your dresser?"
Ah well, if there is one thing I DO know, it is that nothing worth having in life is easy to come by. It does take work, lots of hard work, and it takes perserverence. It's not like we can sit down and quit, because life goes on with or without you so to keep working at it is a very good idea! Kids can surprise you how well they can turn out, if you just keep at it...at least that is what my parents tell me. (Were they trying to tell me something?
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Ah the thing about kids is they always turn out somewhat o.k. in the end!
Aaaahhhhh! I'm having a deja vu moment!
My daughters are now 37 and 33 respectively....and they are truly wonderful now. Albeit, there are times we do not agree on things, they really make me proud. BUT, there were times I really wondered!
The each now have a child...heehee!
My mother always said grandchildren are God's way of paying back. My cousin says, grandchildren are the reward for not killing your own........hmmmmm!
These times do pass and you will smile with pride again!
My husband never believes me when I say that I never caused my mom and dad any trouble...he thinks I am fibbing...but I really don't remeber doing anything...LOL!
( Maybe I have a bad memory?)
My mother gave my sister 'the curse' according to my sister. After one of my sister's more memorial encounters with my mother, my mother said:"I hope you have a daughter just like you!" And my niece is just like her mother!
Yes, I think every mother (just about) has said those same words to at least one of their kids! LOL!
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