THE BEST JOB I EVER HAD....

Most days I am in contact with my daughter in law, Kd,

at least once and I visit/babysit for her so I see how hard

she and BB work to raise three little girls that are

all close in age. Although, I would not want to go back

to that time period when my own babies were  young,

there are days I miss it, like a lot.

Because I was a darn good nurse, but I believe the best thing

I ever did was raising my children.
Looking back, I realize just how fast it passed
and how hard it was, but that it was the best job I
ever had, the most rewarding.

This morning while surfing Facebook and internet,

it is filled with drama and death right in our

own backyard, Baton Rouge,

and it has me wanting to, once again, to put

on my 'rose colored glasses'

Oh the world the struggles of todays world.

So with all of that jibberish,

let me share a funny story I keep thinking about

and laughing to myself as I recall a moment in time....

MY BABIES WERE OLD WHEN THEY STOPPED

SLEEPING IN MY BEDROOM.

BECAUSE THEIR DAD WORKED OFFSHORE AND

WORKED A LOT, THERE WERE MANY TIMES

IT WAS JUST I AND THE TWO YOUNGNESS'.

ONE NIGHT, I KNOW ROD WAS 7 BECAUSE

HE HAD HIS FIRST BROKEN COLLARBONE

FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE YARD.

HE, GYPSY BABY AND I WERE LAYING IN

MY WATERBED TALKING BUT AFTER SOME

TIME I WAS TIRED AND READY FOR SLEEP.

EACH TIME I WOULD TELL THEM 

QUIET, BB WOULD THINK OF SOMETHING HE

JUST HAD TO SAY. FINALLY I HAD ENOUGH

AND I MAKE THE VERY STERN REMARK,

"IF ONE OF YOU TALK AGAIN TONIGHT YOU ARE

BOTH GOING IN YOUR OWN BED"

OH GYPSY BABY WAS NOT TALKING AGAIN 

BECAUSE THE ONE THING SHE HATED WAS

SLEEPING ALONE. SO SHE QUIETED RIGHT AWAY.

YET, BABY BOY, HE HAD ONE MORE THING HE JUST 

HAD TO SHARE,

HE SITS UP, "MOM, ONE MORE THING...."

AND GYPSY HAD ENOUGH,

SHE POPPED HER LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD HEAD

UP, LOOKED HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYES

WITH A FINGER SHAKING IN HIS FACE,

"RODDIE, IF YOU TALK ONE MORE TIME,

I AM GOING TO BREAK YOUR OTHER COLLARBONE!"

HAHAHA Can you see how she was even back then.

A fond memory I will remember forever.

Write down the little things your children do,

one day you will be glad you did.