• Jun. 8, 2006
A Change of Heart...Part 1
Two days ago, I only had three kids with me. Totally weird. Rylie was invited over to my mom's to spend the night and she invited Jordyn to go with her. Then Kyla was invited to spend the night with a friend, so that left me with my 7, 4 and 1 year old. To quote a little friend of ours, "Me no likey likey!" I do fine during the day, but at night, I like it when we are all together and the dinner table and all the beds are full.
The reactions and looks we get totally crack me up when we are all together. I think I have only had one or two nasty comments about having six children, and to be totally honest those comments don't bother me. The most common one, that makes me question the eyesight of our community in general is, "so you held out for your boy." Well, what should I say to that? I have just witnessed them bobbing their head six times while looking from child to child and counting. It is pretty obvious (to me at least) that at 7 years old Kevin is older than, say, my one year old, two year old and four year old. My girls look like girls and my boy is all boy, so what to say.... Usually I just comment that no, he is our second child. And then I get looks of sheer shock mixed with a little panic.
As much as I hear people say, "oh, I couldn't imagine having six", to be totally honest I can't imagine having two or three. Isn't it wonderfully kind that God meets you where you are? Jim and I never set out to have six children and we certainly didn't set out to have them so close together, but I can't imagine my life any differently.
Looking back ten years ago, I would have told you we were very busy. Jim owned a photography studio and was also starting to get his feet wet in the office furniture industry. I had just wrapped up my school year teaching first grade and was halfway through my masters degree program. I was also seven months pregnant with Kyla, with no intentions of giving up my career. So many of my teaching friends had children so to be honest I never really thought of staying home. It all looked very manageable to me.
(To Be Continued...)
Comments
• Jun. 8, 2006
Looking forward
Posted by LadyPoet33
I am looking forward to your continuation of your blog. I had no idea you were a career mom! Wow! That could explain why you are so smart...I am just brain numb some days. LOL
I have 5 kids, but here in Utah (where if you don't have 7 or 8 kids your not normal) we don't get looks. LOL I actually hear women in Utah rationalizing ONLY having 3 kids. How's that for different than the rest of the world? Ha-Ha
I am like you, I love my family gathered around the dinner table, and the beds full (actually, the smaller ones usually end up in bed with hubby and I) LOL, but at least we know where they are, and that they are safely snuggled in between mom and dad. I love my kids so much. I am smiling ear to ear I write this.
I will miss these experiences when my babies are grown up. (sniff, sniff)
Thanks for your post. Stop by and see my camping pictures, if I can ge them to work together with the words. LOL It's my first time posting pictures, so this is new to me.
LadyPoet33
