I'm remembering the child who offered a snack to siblings from the birdseed can..... when Mom wasn't around. The spankee who shoved a spelling book down the back of his jeans when told he was getting a spanking. What was he thinking would happen when the spanker made that distinctive discovery!
I recall sisters playing outside and being called to come in for dinner. When only one child appeared and was asked about her little sister, she explained with a straight face that Lil' Sis was tied up and couldn't come right then. Literally tied up, as we found out years later!
And the Lil' Sis who mentioned a visit by her Big Sis and they were in an establishment. Apparently Big Sis didn't make such a favorable impression on a store clerk. Said clerk made a comment about Big Sis - and Lil' Sis had one foot over the counter when a friend grabbed her and pulled her back from wreaking vengeance on said store clerk. That's the kind of loyalty a mother hopes to instill in her children. The kind of closeness that makes a parent proud to know her children would go to the ends of the earth to protect each other. Or, at least over a service counter - if that's what was required!
Our mother instilled it in us. The greatest gift we can give our children is the memories and feelings and love they have for each other.
Pass it along.
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There was also the four year old who pulled over the stroller of her baby brother while trying to push it along. You and I were both traumatized by the resulting parental wrath. Lucky he was in the grass and wasn't hurt . . .
's A'right. I don't think his head would have hit the concrete if we'd been over sidewalk when he tipped back. He was too short and the stroller back was so high. I wonder if he recalls any of that? He says he has early memories of jumping in the crib.
Beautiful! Happy Mohter's Day!
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