Well at least day one on 2nd shift. The night isn't over quite yet. I think they are all finally in the bed, so hopefully I can sleep soon.
Honda is on swing shift so every two weeks you switch to 1st/2nd . Gary's first two weeks are on 2nd shift.
The kids have fall break Thurs and Fri. so Wednesday after school we are leaving for Bedford to stay with my mom and dad for a few days. It will be nice to get away and the kids will cry on the way home like they always do, but at least they get to enjoy family time a little like I used too!
I remember when I was little being at Mamaw Martha's house, it was the greatest place on earth!
Was it a beautiful house? I never noticed, to me it was a house full of Love.
Was it a Quiet house? uhh well, It was filled with the sound of cousins fighting, or playing depending on when you asked, aunts and uncles talking, Mamaw saying "Kids! STOP JUMPING ON THE BED!" ,
Was it a perfectly manicured lawn? It was a PERFECT woods where we built forts, made clubs, and disappeared for hours without our parents ever coming to look for us.....they were probably just glad to not listen to us fighting!
Were we the well behaved, perfectly dressed, polite children we wish we were.....HAHAHA! Not a chance! We got into LOTTTTS of trouble, hair pulling fights, arguments, broke Mamaw's light (yes, we were jumping on the bed), got in the sewer once, (gagging) was always getting dirty and muddy, mismatched clothes,getting in to the sheet closet, scavenger hunting in mamaws dresser drawers, you name it we did it.....but, I made my first Best Friends, Heather and Angela. I have some wonderful memories of playing together all 10 of us, I don't remember the fights or arguments really I know we had them but mostly I remember that day we all went into the woods and built ourselves a fort. That was the day a cat pooped on me. I will never forget that day. Not just cause the cat pooped on me but because it was one of the last days I remember "playing" at Mamaw's.
I learned a lot of life lessons from my mamaw, and when my kids are older and have kids I hope I can be the grandma to them that she was to all of us. I don't really remember the parents, I think that is a good thing, they just let us have fun and be kids. I know.....if you really know me you are laughing, cause we all know I have a hard time doing that with my own kids. I worry... Gary worries.... TOTALLY different worries though....Life is a lot different now too.
To all my Cousins and Aunts and Uncle, Thanks for the memories of my childhood, thanks for loving me, I am a blessed person to be a part of the Phillips family and I appreciate you all and love you!
To Mamaw, your the cord that binds this family together and I love you and I appreciate you and the Holiness life and example you have lived before me. Some people have it on the outside, you live it on the inside and the outside, some people talk the talk but you never have to say a word, your life says it all. I LOVE YOU!!!
To Dad and Mom, thank you for being the best parents you possibly could be, the older my kids get the more I realize what a hard job that is, thanks for loving me. I love and appreciate you both more than words could say!
To Favorite Brother and My Favorite Sister,
Thanks for loving me, for knowing all my faults all my mistakes in life and yet still loving me, I am blessed to have you in my life, to be able to say that's my brother, That's my sister. Life hasn't been perfect and it hasn't been all good, but it has made us stronger, it has driven us to One who is greater than all the hurt life brings our way. It has made us closer, it has made us friends.
Well it is now 11:32pm and I better get off here and go to sleep or I won't be able to wake the kids tomorrow ;) not to mention I seem to be getting emotional instead of slap happy....don't know whats up with that!
Thanks for reading my ramblings......Love!
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