Dear Becky,
I suppose even though you are the last person from our small family that I am writing to encourage you are without a doubt the most important. I realize just how useless I am without you and that becomes even more evident when I have been sick lately. Not only did you try and take care of me but you tried (and succeeded) in helping me with three screamin / wild children. I know I’ve said before that we will look back on this time as one to be missed and all the chaos / playtimes / silly things / frustrating things / weird noises that come from buddy / and all the sleepless nights will give way to an empty and a quiet house. I want to tell you about that future time and give you a bit of hope until then.
Our efforts in parenting are not wasted, in fact nothing we do is wasted on them, and I want you to know that I think you are the most near perfect example that and husband / daddy could ask for. It’s not a matter of losing patience or getting frustrated, it’s a matter of your attitude of love and tenderness after that. When you start to raise your voice (like every parent does) you apologize to the kids after. This teaches them that you are a human and those emotions are normal. Not everyone does the important / humbling part of apologizing though and it is THAT which is going to shape our childrens hearts and I want you to know that I love you for that.
Secondly I want you to know that when it does become quiet and the house no longer needs constant cleaning, there are no more diapers to change, there will be no more getting up at midnight to clean up baby messes, and there is no more happy baby laughter echoing through our home, I will still be there and we will look at the fruits of our labors of the previous years with pride. That of course will be mostly because of your tirelessly loving efforts day in and day out. I love you Becky,
-Larry
I suppose even though you are the last person from our small family that I am writing to encourage you are without a doubt the most important. I realize just how useless I am without you and that becomes even more evident when I have been sick lately. Not only did you try and take care of me but you tried (and succeeded) in helping me with three screamin / wild children. I know I’ve said before that we will look back on this time as one to be missed and all the chaos / playtimes / silly things / frustrating things / weird noises that come from buddy / and all the sleepless nights will give way to an empty and a quiet house. I want to tell you about that future time and give you a bit of hope until then.
Our efforts in parenting are not wasted, in fact nothing we do is wasted on them, and I want you to know that I think you are the most near perfect example that and husband / daddy could ask for. It’s not a matter of losing patience or getting frustrated, it’s a matter of your attitude of love and tenderness after that. When you start to raise your voice (like every parent does) you apologize to the kids after. This teaches them that you are a human and those emotions are normal. Not everyone does the important / humbling part of apologizing though and it is THAT which is going to shape our childrens hearts and I want you to know that I love you for that.
Secondly I want you to know that when it does become quiet and the house no longer needs constant cleaning, there are no more diapers to change, there will be no more getting up at midnight to clean up baby messes, and there is no more happy baby laughter echoing through our home, I will still be there and we will look at the fruits of our labors of the previous years with pride. That of course will be mostly because of your tirelessly loving efforts day in and day out. I love you Becky,
-Larry