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Old 06-19-2009, 09:24 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by rebarnmom View Post
I love 'em, especially my one & only. I treat her friends like an extension of our family! I wish I could have more! Maybe if this old barn were done, we'd have plenty of room to adopt! Hopefully I won't be too old by then!
Never say never!! After my third miscarriage, the doctors told me I would not be able to have anymore children. Then, at 41, I got pregnant again and 9 months later, I had Ryleigh, a true gift from God. People keep telling me she will keep me young. I just tell them, "well, she keeps me tired!" I wouldn't change it for the world!!

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I imagine it is.

When we were raising you, there was so much to worry about. Keeping jobs, paying the bills, keeping you in clothes and away from bad influences, making sure you did well in school. Single motherhood.

Keeping food on the table. Trying to make sure that paycheck lasted the week. Worrying about who was taking care of you as an infant. Would the car break down yet again.

Coming home exhausted from a day/week at work, and being expected to cook, clean, do the wash/ironing, bathe you and make sure you were ready for the next day.

Crying ourselves to sleep because we had no idea how we would get thru this. Loving you beyond belief and being too tired/worried/distracted to show it.

I am amazed we had any time at all for fun.

Realize this is just my perspective.

The pot at the end of the rainbow is this.......someday you will have grandchildren. You will be able to give to them what you could not to your own.
How beautifully said and how absolutely true. I look at my parents now and wonder where the people I grew up with have gone. They spend time with my children and are so much more patient with them than they ever were with my siblings and me. If I could give you Karma (Darn Karma Police) I would.

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i hate all my neighbors' children because they are noisy little hellions who either cry all day long (and frequently at night too) or run wild and spend their time at home in the courtyard shrieking at the top of their lungs (or some combination of those activities), while i am trying to work / sleep / read / have any semblance of normal life (i hate my neighbours more, because they do nothing when their children cry, and allow their obnoxious little hellions to run wild and spend all day shrieking in the courtyard). i know i sound like a cranky old lady when i say this but when i was a child, playing did not involve screaming just to see who can make the most noise (there is no other apparent motivation) and i see no reason why it ever should. in fact i hate *all* loud, undisicplined children who are being allowed to run wild / have screaming tantrums in the métro / grocery store / street / etc.
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One of the things I find completely frustrating is watching parents completely ignore their misbehaving children or make excuses for their bad behaviour. At Ryleigh's recital practice tonight, I watched small children running up and down the auditorium aisles, almost knocking over expensive recording equipment and making a general nuisance of themselves. Where were their parents, ignoring their children and talking so loudly that others couldn't hear any of the procedural announcements the dance instructor was making. I love children and can easily handle one who is misbehaving, but I also know that their behaviour can generally be laid at the feet of their parents.
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