Heart to Heart
Written by Mandy on June 20th, 2008 in Family.
Last night I had the most wonderful heart-to-heart with Emily.
It’s not going to happen any time soon, but she is very much looking forward to having children some day. Apparently she has been giving this a lot of deep thought of late.
Despite some major upheaval and trauma in her young life, she told me that I’m a good role model and that I have been a great mother. Even those things which she was angry about for so long seem different from her new perspective. She thinks that I did a pretty good job.
She especially appreciated that when the kids were little, I spent a lot of time telling silly tales of my own childhood. She said that my funny voices and crazy facial expressions were perfect for entertaining little ones. I was surprised and flattered when she said that I would do well to visit the children’s section of a hospital to spread some cheer.
What mom wouldn’t want to hear such complimentary words from a college-age daughter!
Before my head gets too big, I must mention that she’s always been sweetheart, so I can’t take too much credit. Good kids, all three of them. Lucky me.
