Oh yes about that other one...
Looking over the last posts I see I never got around to introducing my other child... Oops. See what happens when you grow up and move far away from home... we just forget all about you!
Our oldest who from the previous post you can see recently got married, to her long time mate and father of her two children, Stephen. Barb came to our family around the age of 12 through very chaotic circumstance. We love her just as if she came in the usual manner... course it is nice to have never had to change her diapers or all that other icky stuff that comes with babies!Barb came into our world about the same time that the Lion king came out on VHS... shortly after we were all sick of the movie, she had the entire sound track memorized (she actually has an amazing singing voice), to this day I think she can still sing "Can't wait to be king" at the drop of a hat! Many other movies and sound tracks followed I still shudder when anyone mentions "Titanic".
I am very proud of Barb, she has come a long way in her life. When she first entered my life she was a very broken child with a tendency to get hurt often (broken bones, stitches and scrapes and bruises), she also tended to be sick often, with headaches and stomach upsets, sore throats and ear aches. After a time those things went away, I don't know if she just stopped being clumsy and her immune system kicked in, or if she finally felt like someone actually cared enough to pay attention to her when she was feeling good so who wants to be sick... maybe she just got tough? Like I said I don't know... We just loved her.
She works with animals, veterinary work. I never knew that when she was 16 and I suggested she try the vet clinic for a job that she would make a career out of it. She has, and good thing too, I just read the other day that it is one of the rising jobs in the market today! What can I say I just must be psychic! Okay probably not but let me have my pretend super powers it make me feel better about myself.
Barb and her family have moved about a gazillion miles away, and are living out their dreams in Colorado. She is a wonderful mother and works very hard at everything she does, let us all pray she never decides she want to be an evil dictator and take over the world! I have all belief that she would be able to do that if it were something she felt she needed to do! I may not agree with everything she does (but honestly am I suppose to?) but I believe in her, I am proud of her and love her dearly.
She once asked me how can you say you love me just like you do the other kids... I told her I don't love her the same, nor do I love each of them the same as the other or as you... she said but you love them more right... I said no just differently because you are all different people, but your all my kids... she said but they are your real kids... I said you have heard the saying blood is thicker than water... she shook her head yes with tear on her little face, she wanted so much to be more than she thought she was... I said, well I have a bit to add to that love baby girl, love is thicker than blood... you remember that okay? Then Garth Brooks came out with that song... it was kind of creepy but it became our family song in a way...
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