We took our daughter to the airport yesterday. She as well as our other two kids was home for Christmas. The three of them arrived at the same time, filling the house with excitement, stories of their worlds and lots of stuff! They left one at a time. With each departure the house seems a bit bigger. Yesterday the last one left and today the house feels huge and soooo quiet! I’ve got the stereo on to help fill the space. It doesn’t measure up to the kids chatter and laughter but it is a good background for the memories we created this Christmas.

Every time I’m around the kids I’m reminded of the courageous choices they make in their lives. This is always an inspiration to me and an incentive to do my best as a mom of adult kids. We are never done teaching them and no matter how old we get, we never stop watching our parents, learning from how they handle situations. I read somewhere that kids can’t move forward if their parents don’t. That has stuck with me over the years. I use it as incentive to keep growing. Not let fear stand in my way. Not let adversity define me. Right now my situation is that I have had kidney failure and my health is compromised. I have stopped resisting this and accepted the reality of it. I’ve decided to use this as an opportunity and a teacher. Learn the lesson from it and eventually work my way out of it. I’ll be a stronger more aware person for it.

Until next time, take care. MD