No matter how old your children become they will always be your baby in the eyes of the parent right? My sweetie left for home yesterday and we had a few hours together before she left. I made her breakfast. It seems to be a family favorite in our house, mish mosh. You may wonder what in the world is mish mosh? It's a little bit of this and a little bit of that. You start out sauteing onion or mushrooms or green pepper or even grated zucchini in a bit of butter. Then you add a potato or two that have been boiled and cubed and add to the pan and brown it. Then you add sausage or bacon and brown that in the pan with the other ingredients. Then you take a few eggs that you beat together and if you like add a bit of grated cheese to the eggs and then you add it to the other ingredients. Season with salt, pepper and garlic salt and let it cook. If you should have fresh chives or tomatoes go ahead and serve a bit on top of that just before serving.
We rented the DVD "Young Victoria" and I watched a bit here and there and then I really watched it in the evening. I enjoyed that story. I never knew that there was a tender love story wrapped up in her life. How refreshing. I thought this visit was going to pass without making one of her favorite meals and I just felt urged yesterday to make a small batch of tuna-noodle casserole. I asked her a few times if she wanted me to make it and she said no. Now, do not always listen to your children because they are saying no on the outside but really on the inside it means yes. It is OK to follow your gut instinct and probe a bit too. When I hinted that I just may make it she then said that she would have some if I made it. See, they sometimes may feel like they are putting you out with their request but children should know that parents love to bless their children. I don't know about you but I love to bless my children, just to bless them and see that smile on their face. No one can ever tell me that they do not like seeing their child/children put that big smile on their face. How much more, do we ever think that our Father in heaven just loves to see a smile on His children's faces? Just a thought.
I love being a mother and I am most thankful that I was blessed to conceive and bring forth two beautiful children. Children are a piece of your heart that was always there or the room /capacity to love children was already a portion of your heart set aside for them. Can you remember back to the time before you had children? There was love in your heart for each other if you were married but all of a sudden a baby is born and love of a different kind wells up inside of you. Just when you think your heart had a full capacity for love of each other it is now capable of expanding to bring forth this wonderful love of your child. Isn't that amazing how that happened? The capacity was always there but never activated until that beautiful baby boy or girl was/were born. I suppose it would also be the same for parents that adopt or are foster parents to a child too. I do not know the answer to that because I was not in that situation. Is that not amazing how we were created already with that capacity already inside of us?
It is quiet around here now and I am laundering the sheets and towels while I write. My daughter is safely at home now. If you have children that are grown or not with you this evening for one reason or another why don't you call them and chit chat with them a bit or leave them a vm message or a text message. Cherish your children it really is OK to cherish them because they came forth and are a part of who you are. Lavish your children with love and be patient with them for they tend to go through things and may pull back from you at times but let them grow and continue to love them because once the growth is done they come right back into the safety of your arms and love. You can never lavish your child too much with love, for love is the foundation you are setting in their life for really good friendships and relationships to come forth.
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