Today was a pretty typical family day. We went to the park and played, I ran to the grocery store, and the kids wrestled with daddy in the living room. But for us a lot of what happened was a big deal. You see at the park the boys helped push their little sisters on the swings, and then our oldest daughter asked to go to the store with just me instead of going home with daddy. And all the kids wrestled with daddy and each other and had so much fun.
What makes all that so great is that we are finally really becoming a family. A family who helps each other, and likes to be together and plays with each other. It has taken some time for the boys to get used to having little sisters and want to play with them and help them. And they do now. And Sarah at almost 2 is finally getting to the point where she lets her older brothers play with her and help her. And Lindy now really wants to be with me, and enjoys doing things with me, I don't feel like I'm forcing her to. Before she would grudgingly go with me or do things with me, now she enjoys it so much. And both girls are getting used to playing the with boys, with wrestling with them and not getting their feelings hurt or getting upset when they get tackled. They both laugh and giggle and jump right on their brothers, and even more the boys are so sweet with them. They play gentler with them and tolerate their sisters jumping on them better. It is so sweet to see, and really something I wondered if it would happen. But we're gelling now, and I feel us become one more and more. It feels more and more natural everyday, and it makes my heart so joyful. It's a rough road we've been traveling but I feel it working out, the bumps and getting smaller and the twist and turns are smoother.
I am so thankful for what we've been through, so thankful for my family. And so hopeful for what we can become.
