Family Things

It has been awhile since I posted last. Here is a list of things I have been doing.

-babysat Ethan & Gavin while Perry & Amberley went to Costa Rica
-babysat Rain while Brittany & Ryan went to Toronto
-had our All Church and saw many of my friends from the US
-played several games of Settlers, but didn't win one of them
-attended a family get together
-had fries under the bridge a couple of times
-a lot of little things here and there


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July 23rd was my brother Mike's birthday.

I truly enjoyed watching all the boys this time. Not that I disliked it before, but this time was different. They are all older and seem to have grown older (I know that seems like a funny sentence but I just didn't know how to say it). We really seemed to be able to communicate well. They were all so good, man I love those little guys. Whenever I am through babysitting I always miss them so much. Like I said in an earlier post, when I am done babysitting and I am gone I always feel like I wasn't all that I could be and that I could of done something differently, loved them a little more or given them more hugs and kisses. Maybe its just a feeling of sadness because I'm not with them anymore. I don't know does this sound silly.


The other day at work I saw a little girl about 8ish who was crying, her dad was with her, I don't know why she was crying but it was evident that something was going on between her dad and her. My heart just melts whenever I see a child cry. Anyway for some reason she reminded me of my girls, and I got to thinking of when they would cry over something that I either said to them in the form of discipline or I said no to something, there could of been other reasons. And I know right at that moment I regretted ever having made my children cry. It was probably for a stupid reason, of course at the time it probably seemed very important to me. Our children are gifts from God and we need to remember that they have such impressionable little minds and can be easily hurt or damaged by our words and actions. They should be everything to us and we should do everything possible to make them safe and happy, and put them first above everything else. Of course it easy to say all this after I raised my children, but honestly I wish that I knew all of this while I was raising them. I think I was a good mom but I know myself there are times when I could of been a bit more understanding, I could of listened more and I could of been more patient. I love my children and grandchildren so much, their well being and happiness is so very important to me. At least if you have regrets you can work on them so you don't have that regret again.


Life is good, because God is good.


Here are 2 pictures I took today on the way home from Chatham.