Though the marriage was difficult, I still loved being married and being a mom. My babies were so precious to me! I loved watching them grow and experience life. Some of those experiences included:
Our son had caught a mouse outside by hand and was swinging it around by the tail. He had hit it on things apparently which had killed it. Then he started playing with it as he would his toy cars on his car ramp. Needless to say once I saw what it was he had, I, um, well, kind of, freaked out! Oh just a little, but mostly internally. I didn’t want to alarm him at about 2 years old, HOWEVER … We got some good sanitizing in for everything involved in his play that day!
He also loved to play with his numerous small cars outside. He would make dirt trails to drive them on. One year we had a lot of slugs in our tiny garden. He decided to “help” get rid of the slugs. Each slug had a little vehicle and he drove them around, until it was time to get rid of them.
Our daughter loved to be outside as well. She would take her dolls outside and play with them there more often than inside all summer long. We had 2 apple trees and a plum tree that were MARVELOUS and they could snack on all they wanted come late summer & autumn. That may be a large part of why they were outside so long and often 🙂 Plus it was much better than our tiny trailer.
Our boy would also drive our daughter around on the tricycle with a seat. She was happy to sit and he was happy to peddle. We were blessed with a very large yard with almost completely fenced in.
Our boy did give us a scare one spring though. Before I had completed the fence he managed to sneak off. I called and searched everywhere! In the house, the yard, the out buildings and there was no answer. There was a small pond like area due to all the snow and spring rain run off. I got very scared he ended up there. I still had our small daughter to care for and couldn’t leave her to look far. The neighbors helped at we ended up calling the police because this was going on for hours.
Not long after the first officer came, our son came out. I was delighted and frustrated! I asked where he was and he said he was hiding in his room. I had checked his room quite thoroughly, I still have no idea where exactly he was, but I was and am so thankful he was alright and it was before a lot more officers had come out!
Oh the things children do can be so entertaining, but the other things can be terrifying! I am so thankful that God is good, all the time.
Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.”