1. A beautiful,
loving, clever mother who took care of me and everyone else in my world.
2. A father
who laughed and led. And also built ranches, raised cattle and horses and kids.
3. A
big sister who loved me, even after I was responsible for her getting trampled/broken.
4. An oldest
brother who patiently taught me how to drive the tractor, then bravely worked alongside.
5. A
second big brother who was my friend/companion/champion during my long hopeless/stupid
teenage years.
6. A
younger brother who taught me what sunshine-of-the-soul meant. Cause he lived
it.
7. A
baby sister who brightened my every day with her joie-de-vivre. And notable monkeyshines.
8. A sweet
Husby who taught me the real meaning of ‘forever’. Then gave it to me.
9. An
oldest son who patiently taught me how to be a mother. In spite of me.
10. A
second son who arrived with a wicked sense of humour. And the ability to apply!
11. A
third son with a gentle soul who showed me how to care for the marginalized.
12. An
oldest daughter who proved to me that handicaps don’t ever have to be a handicap.
13. A
youngest daughter who showed me that courage can come in many various and
hilarious forms.
14. A
youngest son who has always finished. Even when it wasn’t something he wanted
to do.
15. Precious
grandchildren who steadily make me try to do more because they all think I can.
16. These
are my people. Who make me believe in myself because they all believe in me.
Welcome
to Word Counters!
Today
my fellow Word Counters and I are sharing our monthly group post. The
bloggers who are joining me this time all picked a number between 12 and
74 and sent it to our intrepid leader, Karen.
Karen
gave the numbers out as assignments to other bloggers who are then challenged
to write something (or a few somethings, as the case may be) using that exact
number of words. Today we all share what we came up with.
My
assigned number was 16.
A gift from my good
friend Dawn at Spatulas on
Parade
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to read some more counters?
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ReplyDeleteAww that's beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteDawn aka Spatulas On Parade
Always give credit where credit is due. So many contribute to the legacy of one individual.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tribute to family and friends. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAnd all your fans, who (I am positive) number more than Sweet 16.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I had no idea you had six children, Diane! What a wonderful post and makes me think about who are my 16 people.
ReplyDeleteLeaky eyes here.
ReplyDeleteYours is the second blog today where my comment has immediately followed messymimi's = and where I have been in complete agreement with her.
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