It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are…
A few weeks ago we took family pictures. As usual, I was the crazy mom trying to control my kids. They’ve gotten so big and I’ve become the Snoopy adult from the Peanuts cartoon. Nobody really listens to me. I sound blah blah blah blah, even to myself. With seven kids, and now four grandbabies as well, getting a good family photo is about impossible. Like everything else in life, I’m learning to cast aside my expectations to experience what’s really happening: the good, bad, bone-jarringly beautiful, blazingly fast thing called life. Of course, I planned my life out years […]