It's not often that I have blogged about other people, but this mornings walk made for a good reason to start! Today has been absolutely beautiful so Mark and I took Reese in the stroller and went for a walk in the neighborhood. It was such a great time to talk and enjoy the cool weather and just relax... UNTIL... a certain person in our neighborhood decided she would greet us with the most bold and stupid comments I have ever heard in a long time. This person started her own photography business last year and photographed our family last fall. Last year she made a huge stink... in a very sarcastic, and rude way about how LARGE our family was. She commented several times about how she would have to move back to fit such a huge family into her lens and how she just didn't know what to do with so many kids. At the time, I was not impressed, but I was very happy to finally be getting some photos of the entire family and truthfully I just let her comments roll off my back.
Today however... she couldn't stop herself, and went too far. As we walked by today.. she shouts from her mini van as she loads one of her two daughters into the car..."Hey, I'll have to take your pictures again, UNLESS you've got another one coming ...sigh of disgust...(in the same breath...) Are you done yet???... Do you think you'll have anymore??? How many more DO you think you'll have?" HELLO... do I ask you why you stopped after two girls? Do I rag on you for only having TWO children... I hardly even know you... what makes you think you can shout out to the street questions about how many kids I have and then determine whether or not you'll take our pictures. Why do you even think that it's your business to ask me about the size of my family? Well I can PROMISE you that she will never be burdened with having to try and fit our LARGE family into her little camera lens ever again!!!
Mark and I love these children with ALL of our HEARTS!!! I certainly think we are doing a fine job of raising our LARGE family and wouldn't change a BIT! Yes it's challenging at times, and yes we are as busy as can be, but we LOVE every minute of it - even the not so pleasant minutes. We make mistakes as parents all the time, but I can assure you that NONE of our children are mistakes! We have a blast together. There is no perfect number of children for a perfect family. Everyone is different and we can all handle different things.. I just hope that she knows that I know EXACTLY how many kids we can handle. Sadly.. her business name is "In His Image"... I just don't think she gets it! It is all part of His plan that leads us to such a beautiful family!!!
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3 comments:
I just love your family. And I'm so glad you have SO many children. I'd miss em if they weren't there.
Hooray! You put it so well. I am the most blessed Nana in the entire world.....as those are my grandchildren and I can not imagine life without any one of them! I am doubly blessed to have such a wonderful daughter and son-in-law who are by far the best parents in the world! (No, of course I am not biased.) A little piece of heaven on earth is our family and for this I am so grateful. Love, Nana
Wendy,
It's been a while since I've gotten any mean comments about our large family (to my face, at least!). But one time at Costco a man asked me "if they were all mine?" and then remarked, "You know, if you have more than two then you're polluting the planet." I just smiled and said, "No, we're enriching it," and happily kept walking. :)
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