Rachel Ann

I have teens and little ones.
Each stage is such a treasure, and it is often hard to appreciate the treasure when it comes, like all gems, surrouded by all that dirt..and all the work to get it free.

My 8 spent most of the day away...left last night to a friends and spent the night. MADE IT THROUGH. No phone calls, no homesickness. I woke up and realized she is in the next stage of attachment, and I feel a bit sad and proud at the same time.

It is so odd watching them grow, and take their place among the world, and wondering if I did it right, what I did wrong, and how I may never really know...

be well,
Rachel Ann
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From: April
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Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:29 PM
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Sandra,
I was just thinking these kinds of thoughts! It doesn't seem like it's been that long when I was the mom of young kids looking up to families that had teens and thinking 'wow, they're so together and have such great kids', sheesh, I blink a couple of times and now families with young kids are looking at me that way!!! I can have a complete conversation with dh, I can read chapters at a time in a book without being interrupted, nobody needs help getting dressed or making lunch, I hardly ever get woken at night (though the girls had a friend stay over last night I had woke up to giggles a few times). They really don't stay little long do they?! But what fun they are as big kids!!
~April
Homeschooling Mom to: Kate-16, Lisa-13, Karl-11, and Ben-7
Facilitator to REACH-Auburn Hills, an inclusive Homeschool Group in Auburn Hills, MI

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In a message dated 10/1/02 1:23:21 PM, mummyone24@... writes:

<< I see Sierra doing things that Joseph did a
while ago and doesn't do anymore. Just being more considerate from I guess a
kind of maturity, for lack of a better word. >>

Hey, that IS the word!! <bwg>

I know those of you with toddlers are hoping for them to GET BIG, but I have
big kids, and I would love to have one of them be three for a day or two, or
an hour, or a minute.

And now I cried. They're all not even in the house right now. Kirby's at
work, Marty's helping an adult friend of mine unload a truck (for money and
lunch!) and Holly's off riding bikes with another homeschooler.

I'm going to go read a magazine and feel sorry for myself and wish I had some
little kids to come wake me up from a nap.

Sandra

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