I know you all have given up on me ever posting anything new...to be honest I have too. There have been so many things going on, good and bad, lately that it is all I can do to keep my head above water. You all know what I mean. Life happens! And if we let it, which I have been, it will consume us. There are so many things I want to tell you, so many funny stories, sad stories and from the bottom of my heart stories, they will have to wait. I don't want to bombard you with a 30 minute read my first blog back.
Instead I just want to vent about our trip to Target tonight. Every time(and I am not exaggeratng when I say everytime) we go somewhere there are people wanting to know if the girls are twins. And more times than not, those that ask are only asking b/c they want to share their experiences parenting twins. Now, as a parent, I totally understand this. I mean after all I did create a blog to gush about my girls to the whole world right??? However, as a current parent of 2 VERY impatient girls, I do not understand this. Take tonight for example, we were in Target trying to get in and out as quickly as possible, when this man and woman approach us.
She says, "Are they twins?"
Me, "Yes, ma'am"
Her: "I have twin daughters too!"
Me: "Really? How old are they?"
Her: "They are 25. My husband saw your girls from across the store and we just had to come find out if they were twins."
Okay so from this point forward she tells me all about her experiences, wants to know how much my girls weigh, tells me how much her daughters weighed at 1 and on and on...For 15 mins, I am standing there having a very delightfully informative conversation with this total stranger...and what are my girls doing??? "Momma, Momma, I am ready to go, I want this, I want that." and this lady is oblivious to it all. The meet and greet only came to an end b/c Abigail started saying, "Momma, I need to go pee pee"(Thank you Lord!)
When I got in the car, I told Ran he better smack me upside the head if I act like that in 25 years. I know I am sounding bad right now, but after three years of this, sometimes I feel tempted to say, "no they aren't twins", just to avoid the subsequent conversation. Anyway, just another day in the neighborhood. Thought you all would get a kick out of that story. Most of all I just needed to vent to someone--Ran has heard this a hundred times before.
Lord, forgive me for having such a bad attitude toward all of the twin admirers out there. Give me more patience to deal with them and a better attitude toward them.
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