Day 1: Babysitting (The Grateful Project)

Today I am grateful that my mom is willing to babysit pretty much whenever we ask. For example, today I am working the Reference Desk as the afternoon librarian. My university closes at 12:30 on Fridays (a left-over measure from Hurricane Katrina) but the library is open til 4:30. So there is always one Reference Librarian on duty and I usually volunteer to be on the rotation since the extra comp time is a good thing. BT was unable to take the day off so my mom is watching Button. She usually watches the kids in the afternoons but not typically on Fridays since I get off early. Her willingness to help out with the kids and to be flexible about it makes my life so much easier. We try not to take advantage of her kindness. It's nice to have someone to help out though.

31 Things: Day 21: Relationship with your parents

I feel very blessed to have the parents that I do. They are good people and I wouldn't trade them for any other parents. I also feel blessed to have the parents-in-law that I do. They are very generous people who have made me part of the family even before BT and I were married. Not everyone is as lucky as I am to have such great parental figures in their life.

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In which I celebrate my parent's anniversary

oday is my parent's 38th anniversary.  I admire their fortitude.  They haven't had the easiest marriage with plenty of problems (believe me) but they worked through it all and here they are still married to this day.  Amazing.  I can only hope to have my marriage last this long.  Marriage is so much work and anyone who says it should be effortless is a liar.  I mean, it shouldn't be a fight everyday but it is impossible for two people to get along everyday of their lives together.  But I digress.  This is about my parent's.  They have known each other a loooong time.  My mother's brother married by father's sister when my mom was 6 and my dad was 12.  So a really long time.  They started dating when she was 16ish and got married when she was almost 18, which she says was too young and might be one of the reasons I didn't get married till I was 26.  They had two daughters and now they have one grandson whom they love very very much and spoil like crazy (yay, me).  I appreciate all the sacrifices they must have made and the effort it took to stay together during a very dark period in our lives and I am grateful that they stuck it out and still like being together.

So Happy Anniversary to my mom and dad!