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February 25, 2006
Wedding Coming
Every once in a while I keep those of you who followed my family for a long time aprised of the newest events. Well, we have a new one coming-a first. The first wedding.
Jennifer, the middle child, is getting married next month. I know, the middle child of four is hard to do, but the first two are twins so she's the middle of four.
Friends at work and other places have said to me in the last couple weeks, "Oh, you must be frantic with a wedding next month. You've got to be going nuts."
I must look a little strange over the question, but the answer is no. As Jennifer said to me one time, "Mom, you taught me to be independent." And this young woman is. She's been independent since she was two.
I have had little to do in this wedding. I've helped with the church and done work on their honeymoon trip when their original plans were changed, but she's done it on her own. She knows what she wants. She's clear about it. She's done Rainbow events for years, and a wedding is only a bit more elaborate than those events. She's handled the details, and, most of the time, has handled the stress well. There were a couple frantic or tearful phone calls over caterers or dress choices. Mostly though, she's been a real champion.
It's truly fun when you watch your kids take charge of their lives. I didn't have any idea at two, six, ten, or sixteen when we were going through all the growing up stages, what it would be like when they were on their own. You work hard with them and for them to grow them up capable. The process is an incredible thing. I didn't think about the product. Now I'm getting to see the results. I think we did pretty well-all of us.
Posted by Dr Joni at February 25, 2006 08:35 AM