Closing the Gap
When I was little and walking around the grocery store with my mom I ran into one of my school teachers. I remember feeling completely shocked and confused. I wondered what she was doing outside of school. That was the moment I realized that my teacher was a real person and had a real life.
As I have grown older my views of people have slowly shifted and changed. I went from having one dimensional view of people to having a more detailed understanding of them as individuals. I noticed this happening after having Abigaile. I went from being the babysitter of many families to becoming the friend of the parents. My view of my mom changed completely. When I was young she was just my mom but now I see her as my mom, a wife, a daughter, a woman, and a friend. This change in our relationship has bettered me as a person because I am able to learn so much more from her and from others.
In the last two years I have gotten to know two amazing women. I have known them all my life but not in the way I know them now. I would love to introduce them to you all.
The first woman is Joan. She is the mother of six adult children (four girls and two boys). She is the loving grandma and a great-grandma. She is a very strong, smart, and kind hearted woman. I love the chances I get to talk to her on the phone. She gives great advice and is a great listener. She is the kind of person who would drop everything to help you in anyway she could.
The second woman is Roberta. She is the mother to two boys. She is also a loving grandmother and great-grandmother. She is a strong, candid, and opinionated woman. I had no idea just how much we had in common. While I have heard often that people don't change, I have seen great change in her. She has stepped outside of herself and how she was brought up and I see her as very brave.
These two women are who we decided to name Elizabeth after... not only are they amazing women they are her amazing great-grandmothers.
I am so thankful that God has transformed my relationship with my grandmas into friendships. A couple years ago I decided that I needed to call my grandmas more often and it was a great decision. I love the conversations that we have been having. I get to hear their stories of motherhood. I hear them talk about their husbands. It is so cool to see them just as women who have faced some of the same struggles that I face today. I wish that everyone had the opportunity to close the generational gap and get to know and find new respect for those strong women who went before them.
Titus 2:3-5 "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God."
As I have grown older my views of people have slowly shifted and changed. I went from having one dimensional view of people to having a more detailed understanding of them as individuals. I noticed this happening after having Abigaile. I went from being the babysitter of many families to becoming the friend of the parents. My view of my mom changed completely. When I was young she was just my mom but now I see her as my mom, a wife, a daughter, a woman, and a friend. This change in our relationship has bettered me as a person because I am able to learn so much more from her and from others.
In the last two years I have gotten to know two amazing women. I have known them all my life but not in the way I know them now. I would love to introduce them to you all.
The first woman is Joan. She is the mother of six adult children (four girls and two boys). She is the loving grandma and a great-grandma. She is a very strong, smart, and kind hearted woman. I love the chances I get to talk to her on the phone. She gives great advice and is a great listener. She is the kind of person who would drop everything to help you in anyway she could.
The second woman is Roberta. She is the mother to two boys. She is also a loving grandmother and great-grandmother. She is a strong, candid, and opinionated woman. I had no idea just how much we had in common. While I have heard often that people don't change, I have seen great change in her. She has stepped outside of herself and how she was brought up and I see her as very brave.
These two women are who we decided to name Elizabeth after... not only are they amazing women they are her amazing great-grandmothers.
I am so thankful that God has transformed my relationship with my grandmas into friendships. A couple years ago I decided that I needed to call my grandmas more often and it was a great decision. I love the conversations that we have been having. I get to hear their stories of motherhood. I hear them talk about their husbands. It is so cool to see them just as women who have faced some of the same struggles that I face today. I wish that everyone had the opportunity to close the generational gap and get to know and find new respect for those strong women who went before them.
Titus 2:3-5 "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God."
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