Accomplished

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I am having an overwhelming feeling right now of accomplishment as a mother.  Yesterday my youngest son Dan with his wife Emily have moved into their new home.  Baby soon to come!!  This is my third child to have started a career, married with family, and purchased a home.  So I say to myself that even though I have never really had a career of my own so to speak I can say that the one thing that I did set out to do I did proudly.

I am very proud of the three children Dick and I have born and raised.  All three are good and wonderful people in their own ways.  All are faith-filled, all on different personnel journeys but are making me one proud mama. 

Dick would definitely be proud of our kids.  We had made a conscience choice before we had our children that I would not work outside of our home but I would stay home and raise them.  We also planned to have them close in age so that at some point, the point where they were in full time school I would then work outside the home. 

As we all know things don't always follow our plan.  Life happens and we need to learn to adjust to a greater plan.  Dan came a couple years after our plan which seemed to work out for all.  Dick's accident, let's just say, put a bit of a wrench in the plan.  But all in all we took the life we were dealt and moved on, we did the best we could do and with much Thanks to God I believe we did a pretty awesome job!!!!  Feeling Proud!!

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