tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126214231557171413.post1076341148324894492..comments2023-05-26T21:17:11.976-05:00Comments on Why, yes, I AM crazy. Thank you for asking!: How DO I do it?Mary Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12418321424046390588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126214231557171413.post-63113426699765023602009-10-27T21:32:20.254-05:002009-10-27T21:32:20.254-05:00@theMom: Thanks for the beautiful compliment! Afte...@theMom: Thanks for the beautiful compliment! After watching my younger siblings, I see that "sense of being needed" comes from helping out older siblings with their children, and/or helping out their parents as they age. Maybe not exactly the same, but still just as valuable.<br /><br />I, too, am an "older", and I love how you can remember what it feels like to be needed by Mary Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418321424046390588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126214231557171413.post-631130808672689172009-10-07T20:04:52.001-05:002009-10-07T20:04:52.001-05:00MaryKate,
I was touched by your phrase, "I a...MaryKate,<br /><br />I was touched by your phrase, "I am not sure that I can explain how valuable and wonderful it is to see my nine-year-old daughter happily fixing her two-year-old brother his favorite snack as if she is his second mother." I am a mother of 10 and I very much appreciate the sentiment you express. <br /><br />I've had people pity my older children for "nevertheMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484800094220282147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126214231557171413.post-45147764891867016722009-09-16T16:51:05.016-05:002009-09-16T16:51:05.016-05:00Thank you, Reva! I agree with you about newborns a...Thank you, Reva! I agree with you about newborns and toddlers, but I'm finding all new kinds of mental challenges in raising teens, too! Wow, right? I think you're daughter Amber has it right; I have always said 2 kids were more difficult than 3 (but that could just be b/c my #2 was very colicky! lol).<br /><br />I so hope that you are doing well!Mary Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418321424046390588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126214231557171413.post-53019097701195107152009-09-16T00:48:13.419-05:002009-09-16T00:48:13.419-05:00I really enjoyed your comments on raising kids. I...I really enjoyed your comments on raising kids. I was the oldest of 7 kids and I've had many kids when you include all of my birth kids, adopted kids, gaurdianship kids, foster kids and even daycare kids. You are so right that the more kids you have the easier it is, although those toddler and newborn stages really are the hardest. My daughter Amber has noticed that three really isn't Revahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457010127573931688noreply@blogger.com