My list of things to do this summer .......buy myself some beautiful roses !!

The Good Wife.............I've been married 22 years, and we have been blessed with 9 children. Most people view us as a sort of anomaly, when in fact we are about as normal a family as I can imagine. When approached by strangers, the conversation usually starts off very negative, but it doesn't take long for it to turn around, when the stranger realizes the blessings that have been bestowed upon our family. I can only say that, I feel enormously responsible in setting a good example to those that frown upon large families. My children have learned very young to embrace the differences of each other, and to be grateful to all they have here at home. When I think of what I have not given them over the years, it all comes back to what I have given them : EACH OTHER.