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April 26, 2004
Suddenly today, I’m in the mood, I mean really in the mood to write and since it’s been awhile since I have, it’s kind of refreshing!
I’m not the best writer around these boards, I’m not that creative, my grammar and punctuation suck, but I think that sometime in the future my kids will still be able to muddle through and get the gist of what I’m talking about. That’s the point I guess. I initially started this diary with a little prompting from long retired diary writers who bugged me to keep my own little journal. Initially I did so thinking that it would be fun, then it wasn’t so fun, then it was a chore, then it downright sucked. Not because I don’t like talking about my kids, because I do, or because I didn’t have anything to say (just try and shut me up), but because it became another thing I had to do, like laundry and cleaning the toilet, you get the picture. Anyway, a lot of things have changed in my life this year, more internal than external and now I want to talk about everything and anything and well, probably nothing, yeah, I’m sure a lot of the nothing part.
Several months back I posted that my sister in law had died. I also posted that she was not a very nice person and quite honestly, that is a gross understatement. But she’s gone and we have all moved on and I’m glad to say that things are so much brighter around my neck of the woods now. Due to her mental illness, she caused a lot of problems within my entire family and my brother and I who were once thisclose, were no longer able to communicate with each other. I am happy to say that since the first of the year, my brother and I (we are almost 17 months apart and have always been close) have been attached at the hip and I cannot seem to get rid of him (not that I want too!!) It’s so wonderful to have him back in my life and even more importantly, in the girls lives. The first couple of weeks after her death, my brother spent at least five nights of the week at my house, sometimes going home, but more often than not spending the night. The girls are smitten with their Uncle and can’t seem to get enough of him, he has taken them for ice cream and to Chuck E. Cheese (he’d be my favorite too!!). We are making up for lost time and I speak with him on the phone every morning on my way to work for at least ½ hour of the hour long trip ~ I can’t even describe what it’s like to have my brother back!!!!
I also have a new nephew, well ~ kinda ~ He’s always been my nephew but we were not allowed any contact with him either. He is the son of my former SIL (she had him when she was 16) and my brother adopted him after they were married. We are slowly starting to form a relationship with one another, which is rough because his Mom filled him full of so many lies and hatred towards us for years, but things are progressing s l o w l y and I have to admit that I like having teenagers around the house. He shows up with his gaggle of friends and girlfriends and they all kind of hang out for awhile before moving on. My girls get crazy and climb all over the older girls and the older girls completely eat up the attention. They all now call me Aunt Steph and two of his friends have even stopped by when he wasn’t around just to say hi and visit for awhile. I like to think that Germ and I are really down to earth and the kids feel comfortable enough to stop and talk to us about anything and everything. However, before I get comfortable in that stance ~ I’m sure it that will change by the time the girls become teenagers (if they live that long).
Enough about the past and what I have been doing, I need to fill you all in on my visit with Nicole (former MT writer and Mom of Max and Shelby) hang on . . . crap ~ gotta get back to work, I’ll fill you in on that next time.
From me and mine to you and yours ~ Stephanie
P.S. If you have posted to me and I haven’t responded, 1. I really, really appreciate you and 2. I will respond ~ no really I will!!!
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