Day 3

3.  Describe your relationship with your parents.

My mom--I have always adored my mom.  I remember helping her with laundry, grocery shopping,  and gardening as a little kid, and since I was the baby I got a lot of one on one time with her while Jeff and Sue were at school.   As I got into junior high she went back to work, and I think just because of the age I was becoming my friends became more of a focus.  In high school I was in everything under the sun--volleyball, cheerleading, school plays, speech, swing choir, color guard, track (throwing stuff, I didn't run!), etc.  Then I got a boyfriend sophomore year and that pretty much consumed my life.  Fast forward to college, then graduating college, and I was out on my own.  Friends went their own separate ways, and I sure did miss her again!  I went home to visit as often as possible, even after getting married.  We have moved closer to my folks and I am glad that now I am a mom too we can be friends like we are.  We are very similar in many ways and I am glad for that cuz she is pretty awesome.  :)

My dad and I have not always had it that great, mostly because I think I didn't understand him as a kid.  He owned a gas station in town that was open Monday through Friday from 8AM to 6PM, and Saturdays 8AM to noon, and he also farmed hogs and crops, so obviously he was a really hard worker.  But consequently he really wasn't around all that much since he was always working.  When he WAS, he would be harsh in his words to me and I resented him a lot.  By the time college rolled around I didn't even really want to be around him all that much.  However I had a time of deep depression in college, and eventually I fessed up to Mom and Dad about it.  Around the same time I began praying that I would have a healed relationship with him.  Since then God has healed our relationship, and I think maybe he eased up on me too because of what I was going through.  Now we have a really good relationship and I know he loves me and my family to death, he just hasn't always been sure how to show it.  :)