She turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. Wish I had a picture to post like she always does for everyone else’s birthday. I got to spend a little bit of Erica’s birthday with her as I was returning Dende to his rightful owners (who were very excited to see him, as was he, them).
I was thinking the other day how, now that everyone is grown, I tend to think that everything they are is their own doing. Then I realized that I could actually take a little bit of the credit. When you are raising kids, you tend to take all of the blame if things aren’t going well. Then when they grow up, you are unwilling to take any of the credit. So I’m taking a little credit today – I couldn’t be happier with the way she turned out. And part of that is because she is my daughter and inherited some of my genes. And part of it is because I wouldn’t let her do dumb or dangerous things when she was growing up. But mostly it is because she has always been a wonderful person and has lived her life thus far very well. And, of course, God gets the credit for orchestrating both her life and mine as this whole process was taking place.
Happy Birthday, Erica.
Thanks Mom– love you tons and I am truly blessed to be your daughter! 😀