Last month my daughter got married. It took me a minute to write that first
sentence, and immediately after, I exhaled. (True! I have a witness!) It was a beautiful event and worth every tear
that was shed and every hug that was shared! Having one of my children cross
this threshold has caused some serious contemplation on my part. Have I done
enough? Have I taught them what they need to know? What is my role in their
lives now? The questions seem endless and the answers sometimes seem daunting,
unfamiliar or unknown. I have been struggling between not beating myself up and
telling myself that I’m a good mother. I guess I’ll be going through this
internal struggle for a lot longer…
As I was thinking back to the wedding I recalled how
happy I was the first time I met my new son-in-law Karson. He was a little
nervous to meet me, and me being the helpful person I am, I tried to ease him
down from the ledge by asking him about his car. That perked him up! He asked
me if I wanted a ride. Me? YEAH! OF COURSE! Just a side note here-I love
driving! I could drive all day long!!! Ok, back to the story-Karson helped me
into the car. Score one for opening my door! Score two: He asked me if there
was someplace I wanted to go. Score three: He opened up his T-top! Woot! Woot!
Needless to say, looking back on this experience I can see why Karson was
smiling when we got back to my parent’s house. I had my head out the window
almost the whole drive, dancing to the music! Yep. That’s me when I let myself
be me.
One of the best things I have discovered when one of your
children gets married is the extended family they marry into. Karson’s family
is wonderful to Becca and she adores them as well. This makes my heart very
happy. I don’t think that I can put into words the comfort this adds to my
life. Shout out to Karson’s family: We
love you!
Another perk from the wedding is good wedding pics! Here
is a sweet picture of my two children:
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| Becca and Markus (the new groom Karson is in the background!!!) |
My husband and I have a blended family: he has five
children, I have two, and we have been married for thirteen years. Yep, you
heard me-thirteen years. You are probably asking yourselves right now if I am
still sane, or maybe I am writing this from a padded cell somewhere. Close,
very, very close! We love our children
and I am enjoying this part of my life: observing our seven children on their
individual life journeys. This is a picture of us, minus our son-in-law Anthony
(darn!!!) at the wedding:
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| Thirteen years and counting |
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| Yep! We're goofs! |
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| Our family (minus Anthony and Bryan - darn!!!) |
I have now come to a point in my life where I am a Nana
(to the most beautiful and brightest and sweetest and…ok I’ll stop now!) and a
mother-in-law two times now. I will admit something; I am a shameless Nana when
it comes to sending packages. I send many and I find even the most frivolous
reasons to send something. No Target or Kohl’s is safe if my husband and I are
shopping with our granddaughter in mind. So, yes she’s a cutie and has worked
herself deep into our hearts!
When did this happen??? I was just surfing through my
life and all of the sudden *WHACK*I got a good swift reminder to my age limit.
Wait a minute! There is NO age limit for me!!!! I guess this is my new frontier…I have decided
to welcome it with open arms...maybe.
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