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I Did the Right Thing
September 22, 2015
Yesterday Maggie and I were talking about stuff and she was talking about memories of her twin sisters. She talked about how happy she was when they were born, how heavy they were when she held them because she herself was small. I shared the memory of when Matt and I had taken the twins for a check-up and they were sleeping when we got home so I left them in their car seats (they were only 3 months old. Maggie started taking them out and wanted to play with them, but I told her to leave them alone. She looked at me and said, “But they’re MY babies!” :-) Maggie laughed as we remembered and then she said, “I’m so glad I have sisters!” And I thought back to the decision we had made that I wanted to at least have one more child so that there was a hope of Maggie having a sister and not being the only girl. Maggie was blessed with not one but two sisters and me three daughters. So, I did the right thing. Many people thought I was crazy (probably still do), but I now have confirmation that it was indeed the right thing.
Awhile back I had this dream. I was on a cruise ship and everything was white – the ship, the walls, the bedding, the clothes – all white. The sky was a pristine blue and the beach was white with sand. There were a lot of us in a room and we were leaving, I must have been complaining or something because the captain turned to me and said, “You may not be doing the fun thing, but you’re doing the right thing”. Even in my dreams I have confirmation of what I know deep inside.
About Me
Hi - welcome to Oh Crap! and if you come back enough times you'll soon find out why I named my blog that.
I am an unperfect mom to 8 great kids: 5 boys and 3 girls (and I had them in that order too).
I have been married for either 39 really long or really short years depending on how my day is going.
Even though I have homeschooled my children for the last 30 years, I am certainly no supermom - unless you count the days I have to rescue my daughters from a moth in their room.
I love coffee, chocolate, and music from the 80's. I enjoy reading books, chick flicks, and thirtysomething.
So, that's me in a nutshell (and I'm probably more of a nut than you know). Thank you for visiting me on my blog!
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Comments
On September 22, 2015 at 3:01 PM, dxprog said:
Hard to think of Maggie as being old enough to be taking trips down memory lane...
On September 22, 2015 at 7:08 PM, java_queen said:
Not to mention the "babies" are almost 12!