My Folks

Today I am grateful for my parents.  My mum and dad are just the best.  They do so much for me and my siblings and support us in almost all our decisions.  

Growing up, they were never really "strict" but still kept us in line by letting us know what they expected of us and letting us know what the consequences of our actions could be, and made us think about that.  eg: If we did "A", how would we deal with "B", "C" or "D" consequence?  Did we really want to deal with any of those consequences?  Would it be best just not do "A" in the first place?  If we went ahead and did "A", they supported us (most of the time) in our decision and usually helped us deal with the consequence.  

I think this is a brilliant form of parenting and I now try to do that with my son.  

My Goodness.... Another month has gone!

And once again I have been really slack about posting.  You know what it is?  I spend ALOT of time on ravelry.  some would say too much.  but too much Rav is NEVER enough!!!!! 

So how am I going to fix this problem of being slack?   I  have a plan.  From today, I will start posting about the things in my life that I am grateful for and I will do this at least once a week, but will try to do it nearly every day.  The Grateful Series.  That's what I'll call it.  

Ok, so lets start.   Today I am Grateful for my Twin Sister Libby.    For a lot of our life, Libby and I have had a bit of difficulty getting along very well (at times that could have been construed as quite the understatement).  But now, things are wonderful and I am so grateful for the friendship as well as sisterhood that we are now sharing together.  It is so good to be able to go over there for a cuppa and just be with her.   I am also so grateful to her for being so open to me wanting to be a really involved aunty to little Arun.  I feel really honoured that when she is feeling a little stressed or over tired, she feels she can call me for help.  So thank you Lib, for being a wonderful sister.