Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

In honor of my youngest-oldest sister’s birthday in February I thought I would share a things I learned from this sister of mine:

1–siblings can get along and enjoy each other’s company (Visiting her home and seeing her children enjoy each other in ‘88 made me realize that #1 was possible. It took a few years before SK finally came along but if I hadn’t learned this from her he would not be here.)

2–recipes can be used as guidelines. Soup is meant to hold any leftover that is in the refrigerator. Meals are meant to be enjoyed, and if you don’t like it then something else from the frig or cabinet should go into the pot.

3–getting older means your kids are getting closer to your age since your age never alters.

4–dogs are not meant only for families with young kids. This is why I did not take into account that my kids will be off in college and I will still have their two dogs here with me.

5–being a parent means doing for your kids what you want to do for them. It does not mean you have to do the same thing for them as your parents did for you. If you want them to have 6 pillows then they can have 6 pillows even though you were never permitted to have more than one pillow.

6–it is possible to parent differently than you were parented. You just have to work at it a bit harder.

7–if you want to do things differently then you best study or read so you can change

8–Children are to be enjoyed, for all times, and at all ages. There is no such thing as the terrible-two’s or any other such negative labeling. We do not need to grow out of enjoying to be with our children, ever.