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Most of my family...my mom & extended family. The family I've made for myself is the only one I really want in my life
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I'm an only child. I do have 3 half-sisters but I've only met them a few times & don't have a relationship with them at all. I always wanted siblings,though ...but it's probably a good thing I didn't have any. My Mom was not a good parent at all ,so can't imagine what she would have done w/ more than 1 kid.
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That's totally the same thing!hehe You have permission to stalk me...you're nowhere near as creepy as some of those stalkers out there
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Probably not. I've never craved a life of luxury and I'm used to living on next to nothing, whereas a lot of people I know aren't used to that and I have a feeling they would not cope well with being destitute!
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You know,I actually had to think about this & try to recall what they do call him to his face. Weird. If they do call him anything, I think they call him Bob but oddly enough, when they refer to him ,like to their friends, they say, "My Dad". Hmmm.
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I haven't figured that out yet. Here's my wishlist for perfect locale: Warm climate with plenty of rain AND sun. Culturally diverse. Liberal attitudes.Lots of nature to enjoy - parks,hiking,swimming,fishing,boating,etc. Bike friendly & with good public transportation system. Land doesn't cost a fortune. Any suggestions?
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Oh,dear. Just one,huh? Although he is sadly no longer alive, I'm going to say Stevie Ray Vaughan. But having just typed that, all the other faves (some more diversely talented) are popping into my head ,so I'm going to go ahead and click "Save" now.
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They all have their good points but my absolute fave is SUMMER. The heat, the sun...the growing things in the garden,the bees & the birds and all that good stuff. I especially love hot summer nights, sitting by a pond, listening to frogs singing while watching the field blink with fireflies. Just awesome.
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My first job out of highschool was in a daycare center and then I ended up teaching in preschools. Instead of it working as birth control, I figured I should apply some of those great hands-on vocational skills to use in my own family! hehe. Ok, maybe not really like that because none of my kids were planned but I think the combination of my personality (chill,laid-back,no sweat...but still lively & enthusiastic about life) and the experience from working w/ kids helped me cope as the kids came along. Also, I was a single mom when the twins were born (my oldest was 7 ) and after the balancing act that was, any additional kids were a breeze.
The true clincher,though? I MUST have time for myself,worked into every day. I make it happen, even if it's something as simple as running errands without kids and then taking a little extra time to take a walk, sit in the library & read..whatever. Time alone is essential to my sanity! -
One of my daughters has that! Ok, so now I wish I knew who asked this question because boy,do I have questions.
But to answer the questions, they both seem to be the same size but the dearest man mentioned the other day that the left one seems to be "lower" than the right.(I believe he was insinuating that I have some sag going on but oddly, only on the left). -
Myself, about 15 years ago,armed with the knowledge I have now
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Kid #1 was a hospital birth, c-section - very nasty affair, that was. It set the anti-hospital tone. The twins came next & they were hospital birthed,also- 5 weeks premature. Couldn't really be avoided, that pre-term. Birth was highly medicalized BUT was successful VBAC. Was not permitted to even hold either baby for nearly a full day after birth (awful for all of us), even though they were fine. They both went home at 4 days old,in fact.Kid #4 was also hospital-born (her birth described in another answer here,the one for the question about how many UCs I've had) - successful VBAC, hubby guided through everything by OB,who winked that we'd know what to do next time on our own.It wasn't the worst hospital birth by far but still, not what I wanted. For one thing, the hospital policy at the time for VBAC was that the laboring mother be hooked to a bazillion monitors AND limited mobility.Getting through that labor without drugs was a real struggle.The policy was not at all conducive to natural childbirth. At every turn, there was a nurse trying to talk me into drugs or pitocin . I also remember wanting to leave the hospital within an hour after baby was born. I just wanted to be home, with my other kids - a whole family unit. yeah, the end result was a successful VBAC,delivered into my hubby's hands but still - it wasn't "right". By Kid #5, we knew we would homebirth and the deal was sort of sealed when the closest hospital instituted a No VBAC policy. I'll be damned if I'm going to VBAC successfully 4 times and then have to have a repeat c-section because of some stupid hospital policy! The decision to UC started to evolve early in the pregnancy and was helped along because we had problems finding an available midwife to attend HBAC.
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I've always been really inspired by Elizabeth Cady Stanton,from an early age. There's a lot of women through history who inspire me but I feel a lot of personal identification with her. She was a devoted mother of 7 who didn't use her motherhood as an excuse to hold her back from accomplishing her own goals or maintaining her own identity. She was vocal & opinionated about things that were taboo to discuss, like a woman's place, if there was any, in Christianity . She was so vocal & assertive that she sort of isolated herself from many and that I definitely identify with. Having standards & beliefs & sticking to them often meant giving up some friends & being well-liked but she knew who she was and that was what counted.
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