Thursday, January 16, 2014

BABIES GALORE

WOW!!  DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE A BUMPER CROP OF LITTLE ONES THIS YEAR!!
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IN MY FAMILY EITHER, WHICH BTW WILL HAVE FOUR   NEW ADDITIONS BY THE START OF SUMMER!   THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR MORE BABIES JOINING THE N.E. CONGREGATION THIS YEAR AS WELL!!  LIKE I SAID, A BUMPER CROP!!
I USE TO HAVE A T-SHIRT THAT SAID "I'D RATHER BE FORTY THAN PREGNANT", AND IT WAS AS TRUE BACK THEN AS IT IS NOW IN MY SIXTIES!!
PLEASE  DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE BABIES AS MUCH, MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN THE NEXT GUY, BUT TIME, AND IT'TS BUDDY ARTHRITIS HAS DONE A NUMBER ON ME, SO ALL I CAN DO NOW IS SHORT TERM BABY CARE.  I LEAVE THE 24HOUR CARE FOR THE YOUNG!
I AM HOWEVER VERY EXCITED TO BE BOTH A GRANDMOTHER AGAIN AS WELL AS A GREAT GRANDMOTHER AGAIN!  WHO KNEW AT 67 I WOULD BE SO BLESSED AND YES, HAPPY.
I TRY HARD NOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW HAPPY MIKE WOULD BE WITH ALL THIS BABY NEWS, BUT OF COURSE THE MIND GOES WHERE IT PLEASES-AT LEAST FOR A WHILE.
I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT ALL MY KIDS SEEM TO BE HAPPY WITH THEIR LIVES AT PRESENT.  AS A PARENT, EVEN NOW, THE WORRYING  NEVER STOPS.  NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU THAT BEFORE YOU HAVE CHILDREN.  PERHAPS IF THEY DID, FEWER BABIES WOULD BE BORN, AND MORE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE PETS!!
OK, THAT IS MY OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY.  STILL RECOVERING FROM MY FIRST LINE DANCING CLASS OF THE NEW YEAR-WHAT A WORKOUT!!
TILL TOMORROW MY FRIENDS.

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