My big why is my family. My desire to spend a comfortable retirement with my husband traveling and eating delicious food in beautiful settings. My desire to see my mother and mother-in-law comfortable in their twilight years. My desire to be able to help my nieces and nephews with their life goals. I don't have children of my own and have been blessed to have brothers and sisters-in-law and a sister and brother-in-law that share their wonderful children with me. "Share" is such a weak word for what they do. It is an incredibly selfless kind of sharing. They love their children to the very extent of their being and let me do the same because no child can be loved enough, be made to feel special enough or believed in enough.
I feel truly fulfilled and happy with my lot in life and would say that my biggest "I wish" would be "I wish I had more time to spend with those kids". And now that some of them are becoming adults I am more keenly aware of that. I can't change the past...I did what I could with what I had...but I strive every day to be effective, productive and successful so that I can travel to those beautiful children so that they know how very special and loved they are. My parents had a way of making each one of us children feel like we were the favorite child...which is a pretty amazing feat with 7 boys and 2 girls. I hope that I'm doing the same for my 'kids'.
Now I have an even dozen. Kael Keenon Stewart was born late Thursday night and even though I haven't met him yet he is already my favorite! You know...because they all are! I can't wait to kiss his cheeks and the bottoms of his feet and smell his baby smell and see the pride and joy in Charlie and Amy's beautiful faces. This auntie is in heaven. I'd better go sell a house because, after all, I have a new big why!!
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