Must Be Doing Something Right

It was a nice day for March 1 in Michigan and my husband’s whole family gathered in our living room to celebrate the many March family birthdays. We all enjoyed catching up, telling stories, laughing, and just having a good time together. We see each other regularly but it’s always nice to be together - everyone mostly gets along most of the time as most siblings do. 

We had a tasty lunch together, the birthday people opened their gifts, we ate a sweet treat…all the normal things a birthday celebration entails. It was a good day!

But do you know what I enjoyed the most out of all the things? It wasn’t the food I didn’t have to cook or plan. It wasn’t the happiness of those who loved their thoughtful gifts. It wasn’t even the sweet dessert options.

The best part of the whole day was after it was over! All four of my kids were hanging out together in the family room after everyone else had left. My husband and I were cleaning up the remnants of the party while we listened to them talking and laughing and just genuinely enjoying each other. While only one has moved out on her own and the other three are still at home, it’s so much fun to listen to them all getting along and enjoying their time together. It’s pretty cool to watch their relationships evolve from young siblings to half-grown teens to now starting to change from teens to young adults.There was laughter, some poking fun, some good natured joking, and more laughter. It made this Mama's heart feel pretty full.

I think we must be doing something right. We have four pretty awesome kids who, even though they sometimes argue and fight, will also stick up for each other, watchout for each other, and share laughter with a bond that only siblings can share. We can’t ask for much more than that!

It was a good day.