All the more valuable, since it wasn’t even Mother’s Day!
Posted by: Allthesilver1 in UncategorizedAs I have said before, I’m not much for text messaging.
Typing on the phone keys is so much slower and more labor-intense! The only text messages I have gotten lately were pictures from Dana in the middle of the night. So, as I was sitting, making beads and watching Babylon 5, I didn’t immediately recognize the little tootle-y noise my phone made. I would have thought it was something Ivanova had done if it weren’t for the fact that my phone screen lit up. I put down my work and went over to the phone for a look.
Senior Prom '07
It was from Dana. He said “Mom I’ve been thinking you’re a good mom and I love you.” I told him he is a good son and I love him too. Then I asked him what brought that on? I was wondering if he was feeling down or just having one of his revelations. Dana is known for having insights come to him and he writes great stories about them. I know that while he does have quite a lot of fun at his training, it is certainly not all fun and games. The nature of his career choice is quite stressful anyway, and air traffic control is known to be a very stressful job. But no, he was just talking to his friends and apparently they were comparing notes on how they were raised. He wanted to let me know that he loved me and appreciated the things I had taught him about life.
It has always been my hope, that although things may not have been ideal in their childhood, at least my sons would learn from the experience and become stronger for it. I wanted them to be competent and independent. It seems I got my wish!
I see so many kids, the same ages as my sons, who don’t have any motivation to improve themselves or to learn new things, who don’t seem like they have a future to look forward to… I used to say that the more I see of other people’s kids, the better mine look! But I don’t have to compare my sons to anyone else’s to know what good kids they are!
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