Yours, Mine, & Ours

Your kids. My kids. Our kids. Oh how I love my children. They get the love of three parents. Well, Kyle and Courtney do anyway. :o) Since we are a blended family love comes from all over, all over the country! I am glad that I have a lot of support from various friends and family and I know there is a lot of love for all the kids. I always see on Facebook how people are posting son's week and daughter's week, but can't every week we be proud of our kids and what they accomplish? Someone did post once though that sometimes it is not US as parents that made them who they are, but they are who they are because of the choices THEY have made and the things THEY have accomplished. And we should be proud of that. Parents can't always take the credit. We build up our children to be the best they can be and let them run with it. Although we have guided them sometimes it is not our direct doing that made them successful. Each child is unique. Each child has different desires. Each child wants to be something different when they grow up. We should cherish our days with our children. Life doesn't last forever. We need to savor these moments given to us by God and appreciate the fact that we were chosen to be their parents. We have a lot of work to do raising our children. All we can do is love them, guide them, and give them hope.