Courageous Joy

Clarification

I need to make something clear....just because *I* need to.

re: post on a mother's love...I am NOT a child who never knew unconditional love. My parents are Christians and I should have been clear that I was not thinking of my mother as I wrote, so as not to leave any doubt in anyone's mind. {g}

Also - obviously I've been thinking the mentoring thing over.....I've always said my MOM was my mentor...but that isn't stated in my entry. There are so many areas and aspects of my personality that I can trace directly back to the training and love my parents provided.

When I got married, however, and began having children my Mom was thousands of miles away in the Philippines....in an age when we still communicated via snail mail and very expensive phone calls....it was hard to get that "on the spot", generation to generation, thing going that many of you living in the same town as your mothers when you got married had. This is NOT a complaint.....God had their lives and our lives mapped out and it has all turned out "good".....but I wanted to be sure, as I reread that post, that no one came away with the impression that I was saying "I come from a pitsy background where no one ever looked out for me and my Mom was never my mentor". She was my mentor and continues to be MORE of a mentor these days, now that she is so easily accessible.

I've told my folks, if I had my way we'd make them Mike's dependents and haul them around the world with us. Shoot....they ARE used to moving every three years! They are going to get bored stiff in ONE home, in ONE town...oh yeah there are children and grandchildren in that town. LOL I suppose they've been there for 3 or 4 years now and aren't complaining. Hey, I need to ask them if they are getting that "itch" - I've always wondered if I'll have the itch to move every 3 years after we retire....because I've spent lots of my life doing just that.

Anyway, yes, there are hurts in my life that God has healed...because I'm human and live in a fallen world...but those hurts are not stemming from the fact that I was neglected as a child. Nope - I was and continue to be loved. I think my Mom knows all this, but I wanted to be sure ya'all know all this.

BTW - what I've learned now that two of my children are adults...God has this marvelous way of covering many of our parenting shortcomings with GRACE....because ain't none of us perfect. I watch my daughters and think "I want to be like THEM". :::snort:::

I love you, Mom. Talk to ya in a few hours.....though I'm fairly sure you are awake at 5:30 a.m. :::snort:::