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Skriven 2009-07-10 16:35:03 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Hap,

 hn> Mom did a better job, at least she tried harder.

She probably had to do a lot of "single" parenting with your dad in the
military.  Having done that number, I know it's not an easy job.


->  hn> More likely "in spite of" (grin)

-> Probably because you knew what didn't work.(G) Nobody does a perfect
-> job of parenting; some folks seem to do it better than others to.  You
-> and Anne have done a great job raising Amanda from what I've read over
 hn> It was a concious effort to "NOT" do what

 hn> my folks had done. Plus Anne had a big
 hn> hand in it as well. but yes, I'm pretty happy
 hn> with the way Amanda turned out.

As we are of our girls. It wasn't always easy or fun but our two turned
out well.  Deborah is still with the AZNG, on active duty.  She loves
her job but wants to get a bit more leadership experience; hard to do
when you're the junior person on a 2 man team.  She travels a lot but
gets to make her own arraingements so they fit her schedule better.
Rachel is mom to Robert and Sarah, a very important job. She's not sure
if she will be teachng ths next school year or not.

->  hn> 'puter oriented. One cousin would be
->  hn> great, as he's very into the "old ways"
->  hn> and does a lot of "foraging" for native
->  hn> foods and pre Civil War recipes ala

-> If they don't activvely participate, maybe you can be the spokesman or
-> recipe "funnel" for some of them.  The above mentioned cousin sounds
-> like he would have lots of information you could post.

 hn> To be honest, I don't even know if he has
 hn> a computer!

Does he have a telephone?
->  hn> When I called her yesterday, she was making
->  hn> a peach cobbler. She grew up cooking in a

-> Sounds like she's working thru things well.  Sometimess just the motions
-> or routine of food preparation can be very soothing.

->  hn> She's already started going through things
->  hn> and she may not slow down until she's
->  hn> reached a point where she's satisfied.

-> If that's her ay of handling things, then let her do it now.  She will
-> be fine, just keep half an ear bent that way.

 hn> Yep, that's what I do!

I'm sure you do, as we do in several directions.  With some of my
siblings, we ordered some Corelle ware for my parents. Dad knew about it
but it was a surprise for my mom.  We're working on getting some of the
extra pieces for it.   They boxed up the old stuff but still haven't
gotten rid of it, even tho a lot of it is chipped or patched. They are
getting used to the dishwasher that our girls surprised them with; it's
a portable as there's no real good place to build one in without a major
kitchen re-do.



... Junk - stuff we throw away.  Stuff - junk we keep.

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