tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170053226003896528.post3912359757132744075..comments2023-06-11T08:37:38.687-05:00Comments on Elliott Family: Storing our treasuresThe Elliott Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233413855598450589noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170053226003896528.post-26615850322479602952007-06-18T08:42:00.000-05:002007-06-18T08:42:00.000-05:00Hi Rachel,I understand your thoughts completely. I...Hi Rachel,<BR/>I understand your thoughts completely. I wrapped myself up in my 20 year old when he was younger. Of course, I was a single mom and it was just the two of us, so it was too easy to do that. The result is that he is a very loving and generous young man who loves his momma, but he also thinks he is the center of the universe! Thus, one of the reasons we decided to adopt ... didn't want Carson growing up to think the same thing. However, my husband one time said to Carson (when he was a baby and didn't understand)that as much as he loves him, he loves me more. I looked at him blankly and told him that if we were all 3 on a sinking boat, I'm sorry but I would choose to save Carson! Having a strong, good, loving marriage is extremely important to kids, so I do agree, but I can't imagine life without my children. I too think I would curl up and die if anything ever happened to them! You're human!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170053226003896528.post-21128330776660404632007-06-15T12:45:00.000-05:002007-06-15T12:45:00.000-05:00Interesting thoughts. We've seen some of our frie...Interesting thoughts. We've seen some of our friends' lives get swallowed up by their kids and have thought a lot about how we don't want that to happen to us, how we want to keep our same interests and pursuits while bringing our kids along for the ride, knowing that it's good for kids to see their parents passionate about things other than *them*. Does that make sense? All of that is in theory right now though: who knows what'll go down once we have toddlers demanding our attention left and right? Anyway, very interesting thoughts.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553145979283388517noreply@blogger.com