- They are children of God who loves them as much as I do times infinity. They are of infinite worth.
- That their dad and I will always love them no matter what.
- We're all God's children.
- How to pray, recognize the Spirit, and the importance of reading the scriptures.
- Life was not meant to be fair or easy, but we can get through the hard times by putting our faith in Christ and knowing that the pain will not last forever.
- To trust their instincts.
- Learn from the past. It's ok to make mistakes.
- Life isn't a competition, it's a migration. We're all trying to get to the same place. There's always going to be someone better than you and someone worse off than you.
- To be considerate of others and not to be afraid to help them out.
- To enjoy learning.
- The importance of taking care of their bodies and how to have a healthy relationship with food (even though I don't have one - I'm working on it)
- How to deal with their finances properly. Just because someone will give them money doesn't mean they should take it, even if it's for educational purposes.
- How to clean, do laundry (iron), and to make their bed every day.
- How to cook nutritious food.
- There is no such thing as being over dressed.
I'm finally getting around to posting my labor and delivery story. After I got an epidural I wrote down what had happened so far and after the baby was born I wrote down the rest to make sure I remembered everything. Since it's been two weeks of not a lot sleep and my memory of the event is somewhat drowned out with all the new mommy stuff, I'm just going to type what I wrote. February 21, 2011 - Monday We got up at abut 6 AM after a short night of lots of cramping. I was hoping to go into labor or at least make some progress, but no luck. I was still at 1 cm when the doctor measured me at about 8:30 am. I got the oxytocin and a bulb to open up my cervix at about 8:45 am. pre-pain, Nurse Lynn At first the contractions were so bad I wanted to cry and then they slowed down and it was more tolerable, but not to the point where I could walk around and I still threw up from the pain. It got really bad at 1:10 when they gave me the Pitocin. ...
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