My family is getting ready to spend a couple of weeks with my mom. Because I am mother myself, I have started to understand what my mom has done for me. I now see all those years of placing her family before herself, what it must have taken to create the happy home I grew up in and the foundation upon which it rested, the strong and happy marriage she shared with my dad (my father died suddenly half way through my senior year in high school). I respect my mom, I love her with all of my heart and I am grateful for all that she has given me, including her relationship with my kids.
As we prepare to spend time together, I also understand that my husband and I do some things differently than my parents did. I am thankful that we have been able to drop the “in my family we did things this way” routine that we struggled with early in our marriage. My husband, my kids and I are fully engaged in the way our family does things and I believe that this gives our kids a sense of confidence and security. We really enjoy our family methodology and traditions because we have developed them together. Our traditions are drawn from my husband’s childhood and mine and seasoned by the life we have lived together. I am thankful to have the opportunity to create our family, like my parents did. I am also blessed to have a healthy, happy, faith based marriage upon which to build.
Don’t get me wrong, I still look back for the standards of my parents, but am thankful that I understand that it is ok for us to change things.
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
by Kristen Taraszewski
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