Around this time of year, when all of my kids are celebrating their birthdays (Grayson- Feb, Hayden- March and Keegan- April) I always get really nostalgic thinking about the day they were born and how their little lives changed my life so quickly. It is still quite easy to see how they change my life everyday.
Hayden was the trailblazer... he was lucky enough to "teach" us how to be parents. He'll probably need years of therapy! We thought we had it all figured out by the time Grayson came along, only to find out that kids aren't the same. By the time Keegan came along, we really thought we had it all together!
These boys of mine are certainly a source of entertainment. Just read my Facebook and you will see all of the entertaining things they say and do. They are a source of pride. They have made me so proud with their grades, sports and many other accomplishments. They have also been a source of instruction. It has always been said that children should come with instruction manuals. It shouldn't be a "one size fits all" instruction manual. There should be one instruction manual written per child.
Would I give all this up to be living somewhere else? Or to be married to that other guy? Or to be working in a different profession? Nope. Absolutely not.
"Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers"
-Garth Brooks, Unanswered Prayers.
