Lifes Like That

I have been with my husband for over 13 years now.  I love him and his family very much, and I have always felt that they were like a second family to me.  I never knew exactly how his parents felt about me until today.  As you all know his mom is now in the hospital.  While we were in their visiting today, one of her doctor’s came in to see how she was doing.  He also wanted to schedule a family meeting for early next week to discuss her progress and the steps that need to be taken next to help keep her comfortable.  Well she piped right up and said she only wanted her immediate family to attend this meeting.  She informed the doctor that her two daughters, son and husband could attend.  She stated that was all she wanted there.  Then she looked over at me and said “oh yeah, I want Kim there as well”.  These made me feel very loved and now after 13 years I know how they feel about me, and it’s all good!

My daughter who is 9 worships the ground that her aunt walks on. This would be my husband’s sister who lives about 1000 miles away from us. In my daughter’s short little life, she has only seen her about four times, but she is completely attached to her for some reason. So between my sister-in-law and us we are going to try to make it possible for my daughter to fly out for a visit during her Christmas vacation. We have all discussed this and have worked most of the arrangements out. Now all I have to do is save the money for airfare and wait until December so this kid can go visit her idol.

Having three kids in the school system has taught me that every child is different and every child learns at a different speed and a different level. So far my daughter who is going into grade 4 hasn’t had any academic problems and for this I am thankful. But my oldest son who is repeating grade 12 has had a lot of academic problems over the years and the only way that he has been able to pass some of his courses is through some Online Tutoring help. With this Tutoring he has been able to grasp all of his studies just a bit more easily and the one subject that he has had a lot of problems in, Algebra, he was able to understand and successfully pass.

My youngest son who is going into grade 2 has already started experiencing problems in English. So, to avoid bigger problems down the road, we will be looking into getting him a Tutor to help him with his English studies. I have found that not only is his in class work starting to need help, but he also requiring help with his homework studies as well. So, before this problem gets out of hand for him, we will look for a qualified tutor to help him out as soon as a problem arises.

First thing in the morning we will be headed out for our last camping trip of the season.  My husband has a couple of extra days off this week, so if we leave first thing tomorrow morning, we will get about three good days in of camping.  The kids really enjoyed their summer of camping and were quite disappointed to think that we wouldn’t be headed out again this season.  So, we decided to surprise them by taking one last trip.  They still don’t know we are going and we won’t tell them until the morning just in case something happens that makes us unable to go.