I believe that I am a wonderful wife, for many reasons. I met my husband 20 years ago, and 17 years
ago today we said “I do”. We have three
children, two boys and one daughter.
Roger, Joshua and Lilly. Roger is
our oldest, he is 18. Lillyan is 8 and
Joshua just turned 5 in April. We lived
most of our lives in Indiana, where we both were born and raised. Until 3 years ago, we decided to move out
here to Missouri. His parents and sister
already lived here. All my family lived
in Indiana. I prayed for a long time for
God to give me direction on what I should do, move out here so my husband and
children could be with his parents or stay in Indiana with all of my family. I was a hard decision, but I decided yes we
would move out here. I left all of my
family, my mother, brothers, cousins, friends, and my grandmother who I had
seen almost everyday of my life. See I
lived only two blocks from my grandma and would take the kids over there
everyday and visit with her, help her do her laundry, clean her house, run
errands in town for her, she is my best friend compared to my husband. She was the one I had the most of a hard time
leaving. I call her everyday to check on
her. It breaks my heart sometimes to
know that she is there at the apartment by herself. I have aunts and uncles and member of her
church drop in on her quite frequent but its not like me being there for
her. My husbands parents moved to
Colorado when I was 7 months pregnant with our first child, then they moved to
Missouri about 12 years later. We would
only see his parents maybe twice a year.
My children we missing out of knowing their grandparents. My husband was missing out on spending time
with his father. I decided to move here
so my children and my husband could have these last precious years. I wanted my children to know their other
grandparents and I wanted my husband to have that relationship with his father
before it was to late. I miss my family
dearly, but when I see the look on my childrens face when grandma and grandpa
are here, or see the bond my husband has with his father it was all worth my
sacrifice.
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I enjoyed this blog, I feel like from this post alone, I am able to see how close of a family bond you are experiencing and instill in your children. I understand how hard it can be to be soo far from family, but it I a challenge many of us have had to face. Thi too can make your bond with your own children even stronger.
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