The One with Thing 3

Thing 3- Describe your relationship with your parents.

If you can’t tell from Fear #3 I adore my parents.  I think I really lucked out in that department.  My parents definitely love their kids and are thankfully still together and celebrating their 40^th anniversary soon.  40 years!!  I know it hasn’t always been perfect but it’s a great example to me of making a marriage work.  So I guess first off I’d have to say my parents are both great examples to me.

Dad is the kindest, most generous person.  If he had a piece of bread after not eating for a week and a hungry fat guy walked by, Dad would give him the bread.  We have a shared love of sports and Justin appreciates that because it means I knew how to play football before we even met.  Dad was always good at teaching us kids how to do things like fish or shoot guns or play softball.  He is definitely one of those fathers who invests time and not just money.  I feel like the older I get, the closer we become.  Dad’s a good listener.

Mom is just amazing.  She is so talented and organized and just gets things done.  I take after her a lot :) She may not realize it, but Mom going back to school once I started kindergarten is a big reason why I have gone on to get a graduate degree.  Education is important to me because it’s important to her.  In the middle of my sophomore year of high school Mom had a hysterectomy and a long recovery.  I would get home from volleyball or basketball practice and go talk to her in her room for hours.  I think that’s what gave us such a good foundation and why we have a better mother/daughter relationship than a lot of others out there.  Mom even knows about everyone I’ve ever kissed!

I’ve noticed recently that my relationship with my parents is changing, in a good way.  Maybe it’s because I’m finally married and it’s a little harder to see me as just the baby of the family but I feel like our relationship has matured and we talk about more serious topics.  It’s a little weird realizing your parents are people too, outside of their roles as “Mom and Dad,” but I like where we’re at.