OMG, have me, myself, and I been gone that long??? Who would have thunk it..How time flies...right out the window. Sorta like life, you know. One day there you are all toddely, cute and cuddly. Then your a bubble-gum-popping, coke drinking, boogy bopping teenager. Saddle shoes, poodle skirt and neck scarf, thank you. Then your walking down the isle with your dream boat and 9 months later, you are screaming he is a bastard, you are going to gut him like deer, let him have the next baby and that salamander he is so proud of, will be a worm. Ain't love grand.
Four kids later, 13 1/2 years of hell with a man you stopped loving, you finally grow some spunk, find your back bone, and file for divorce in 1977. We're on our own gals...we can do it, we got babies to take care of.
That was 30 plus years ago. In 1977 I had four children to raise, worked 40-60 hours a week and earned $3.50 an hour with no child support at all. Never lost my sense of humor, tried to always smile, did the best I could. I was not perfect, I made mistakes, made some bad decisions.
What the hell, who's perfect? There were four, beautiful, perfect, good reasons for me to keep on moving forward, my babies.
They kept me alive. They gave me a reason to wake up every morning and start all over again.
I lived for the " I love you , Mommies", " Mommy, look at my pictures" "Mommy, I need help"
"Mommy, sing to me" "Mommy, I don't feel goods" or "Mommy, sister is picking on me".
Mommy hugs and kisses were my favorites.
They are all grown now. All wonderful, loving adults. Everyone of them is a responsible, loving, careing human being and they each have families of their own. Two of my girls are grand-parents now. My son and his wife lost their daughter in 2009, she was 19. My youngest daughters girl just graduated. Yes, how time flies.
I remember I used to watch my babies sleep and say "Just let me live to watch my children grow up". Then my children had children, and I'd say " Just let me live to see my grand-babies".
Then my grand-babies had babies, and I said " Just let me live to see my great grand-children"
Well my great grand children are here, the oldest is 11 going on 31.
Now I say "Just let me wake up in the morning with out peeing before I get to the bathroom."
Yes, how time flies.
I miss my "babies", I miss them running to me, being glad I was home from work. I miss them alot.
Would I do it all over again?? Hell yes, as long as I have my babies, all four of them. They were worth it all.
Yes, my friends, how time flies, and kitty sayzs " Yez, I'z do needz them all"
