7 months to empty nesters????

[dewdropsinwv]

there are certain things she cant take. I dont have the list yet.

 

[thistlebloom]

My daughter went to college at 16, graduated at 19 and got married. I raised her to be independent and take care of herself. She got two Master degrees at 21 and is now Department Chair at the college she teaches at. Her husband is a 5th grade teacher. They have 3 beautiful girls and are a beautiful family.

My son waffled around after graduating high school. He finally decided what he wanted to do and is now a crane operator, holding 7 licenses and is trained in safety and could be a safety inspector. He works shut downs all over the country. After spending a winter in Iowa, he learned his lesson and goes south for the winter now. LOL He is 35, never married and Mom keeps on his butt. Haha. Currently on a shut down in Corpus Christi.

I treasured my children. We had fun. We had Easter Egg hunts in July, made cookies and ate the dough until we were sick, laughed a lot, read books at bedtime, and I made sure they knew they were loved.

My Mother didn't like children. She didn't like her children, my older sister most of all. She was hateful to her, sent her off the day after school let out and didn't bring her back home until the week before school started back. She treated my older brother a little better and by the time I came along, she utterly ignored me. We all left home early.

It's a testament to your character Bay, that you didn't emulate your mom when it came to raising your own kids.
And I'm also impressed with your very compassionate treatment of your mother when it was her turn to be needing love and care. You could have justifiably turned away, but you didn't. That's a great example of "turning the other cheek". Good on you sister.

 

[baymule]

It's a testament to your character Bay, that you didn't emulate your mom when it came to raising your own kids.
And I'm also impressed with your very compassionate treatment of your mother when it was her turn to be needing love and care. You could have justifiably turned away, but you didn't. That's a great example of "turning the other cheek". Good on you sister.

Gee, thanks.

 

[dewdropsinwv]

@baymule you very well could have turned your mother away. I'm not so sure I could have done that if my mom treated me that way. My mom is different, she didnt really show much affection to us kids growing up, I spent a lot of my childhood living betweent my Aunt and my grandparents. I sure could see a difference between the way my Aunt treated me and the way my mom treated me. I swore I would never treat my kids the way I was treated growing up.
People learn lessons about how not to treat other people when they are very young. I sure learned mine at an early age.