Hodge Podge
Travelled thus far
When I tell my friends about some of the things I’ve done, sometimes they look at me like they don’t believe me until we talk further and they realise it is true.
But that’s OK I don’t mind, sometimes people stretch the truth.
This struck me last Sunday when I was catching up with a very dear friend and she was amazed with all the things I was telling her. I of course backed it up with photographs. Much laughter ensued and we had a good time over facetime with a cup of tea.
After our call ended it made me think about many of the experiences we’ve had as a family they are quite different to a lot of my friends I can tell you, but it didn’t occur to me before. Yes, it was hard work and no, it wasn’t easy but I know it was all worth it. We’ve moved a lot, each time it was to upgrade ourselves in area and house.
We’ve lived in many places on the British Isles and off of it.
Before here, we were in Canada and we still have family there right now.
Canada is wild, where else could you have Deer, Moose, Cougars, Bears, porcupines, coyotes and skunk all in your back yard? (I don’t miss the wolves though).
Both my husband and I have done a varied selection of jobs to keep our boat afloat so to speak, that I am proud of, being able to turn your hand to anything is a sign of a true survivor and I am also proud to say our children are the same way, none of them are work-shy and will all graft away when needed.
Out of all the jobs I have ever done I think that for me personally its being a wife and mother that I enjoyed the most. That is not to say that I enjoyed the sleepless nights and the vomity bugs that came from school, or when your child, jams a peanut butter and jam sandwich in the video/cd player/ PlayStation and cries all day and you can’t find out why. Those were the times I would go and quietly stand in my pantry for a few moments with the light off to collect my thoughts. The terrible twos were just that, terrible, but they are over now and things do get better.
I did enjoy, reading to them and with them, cooking for them, playing tents and tigers, dressing up and make believe. Of hugs and kisses and home made cards and gifts on my birthday. I am a lucky woman. Motherhood is a journey alright, a huge rollercoaster of emotions that crashes into you from the day you find out your pregnant to seeing them walk down the isle or go to college.
I don’t think were done travelling yet though, we have restless souls and what my mother would call itchy feet, maybe we should buy a gypsy caravan instead of a house. I admit I miss our family in Canada, what mother wouldn’t?
But until they put the pennies on my eyes I don’t want to slow down or stop learning or wondering, because only then do we die. Life is for living, no matter how small or poor you are, guess I am the glass is half full kind of person.
All I know is “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings” Now where did I leave those song sheets? ........... watch this space.