Thanks for the great responses on my mom-centered post. It's easy, when you're at home alone with the kids, to think you're the only person going through the trauma of the moment. Sometimes I think that's why blogging has taken off--mothers everywhere are connecting and realizing that none of them are perfect.
That's all I have right now, until I figure out how to post audio of the video I took last night. It's full of tiny girl giggles as they're playing with their daddy. I love it!
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You were only four when your great-grandfather, Israel, died. We were at his funeral, and a man named Herm Fonnesbeck gave a nice long talk. (It was recorded and I've been transcribing it recently - that's why I say it was "loooong"!) In this talk he said something that is so true - I know it too from my own experience.
Herm:
"My mother explained to me - she lived 75 years – she divided her life into three periods; growing up,25; raising a family,25; then she had a real nice last 25 years. And she told me – and she’d done all the scrubbing on a scrubbing board, raised nine children, cooked for all the hired men – she told me, “You know the happiest 25? And I said, ”Well, I couldn’t say for sure.” We’d all left and all that, and I figured the last ones; she’d had all she needed and could call on any one of us to come and help her. She said, “The middle 25 was the happiest part of my life.” So all you that are still in that center 25 and are raising your families – Enjoy!"
It is hard work raising a family and dealing with little ones. There is a lot of self-sacrificing that goes on, but it will still end up being the happiest part of your life - you'll see.
That being said, I firmly believe that mothers need to take time out for themselves now and then or they will go crazy!
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