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My Life's Blessings

2/10/2014

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It is hard to believe that  my youngest child is 18 years old today.  It seems like just yesterday that I had to keep waking his dad up in the  hospital room while I was in labor...I figured if I had to be awake so did  he!  After 24 hours of labor--the shortest but most difficult of my three--they laid my third baby boy in my arms  and I was instantly in love all over again.  At that point the doctor told me “no  more babies.” I had always wanted  four children, but I knew I was abundantly blessed with the three boys God had  given me.  Little did I know that  His plan included two more children a few years later!

Being a parent is not always easy, as any parent  reading this already knows.  There are sleepless nights.  There are difficult decisions to be made. There are major bumps in the road.  There are fights and arguments along the way.  There
are broken curfews, backtalk, and lots of eyeball rolling.  All parents go through a period when they “don’t know anything” and our teens always know what’s best, but thank goodness that time is short-lived!

I know I haven’t been a perfect mom.  I know I made my fair share of mistakes and said things that I shouldn’t have.  I know
that I have made decisions others didn’t agree with.  But even through all that, I also know that somewhere along the way I did do some things right.  I experience the fruits of my labor when I look into the eyes of each of my children and see the love I have for them being returned to me full fold.

I thank God each and every day for allowing me to  be a mom to not only my three handsome, amazing and sometimes crazy boys, but also a step mom to a wonderful young man (who passed away a few years ago at the young age of 21 and whom we all miss dearly each and every day) and a beautiful girl-turned-woman whom I am so proud of!  Together we
have all made many wonderful memories, and I look forward to all the new memories to be made now that they are all adults.

David, Jackie, John, Mitchell and Evan…you have been my life’s blessings and I love you to infinity and beyond!!!

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    I currently live in Michigan with my husband, Donald.  I have three sons and one daughter as well as four grandchildren.  For as long as I can remember I have had a passion for writing.  I give God all the credit for allowing me to share my writings with you.

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