Monday, October 29, 2007

My immediate family

Okay so my Grandmother & I are 2 different sides of the same coin. Slightly of the beam, quick tempered although she has mellowed a lot since she was my age, and suffering no fools. I expect by the time I get to the age she is now, I'll be a lot like she is now. She was like me at this age. I know this because of a lot of the private conversations she and I have had. I won't repeat what she's told me about herself because that would be a betrayal, but she and I have lived parallel lives. Between the 2 of us are her 3 daughters, My mother & my 2 Aunts. My mother is an awesome, take no prisoners, brilliant business woman. She suffers no fools as well. She has proven time after time if she falls, she's always gonna land on her feet. My Aunt/sister Jessica is adventurous, stubborn, & smart. She's never met a person she doesn't like and never had an argument she can't win. Really, she'll argue w/ a sign post. She should have been a lawyer. Also, if there's a wall in front of her and she can't go around it, over or under it, she's gonna back up get a running start and go threw it. My Aunt/sister Renee' is completely laissez-faire. She has this "F" it attitude towards everything. Her goal in life is just to be happy. When it comes to numbers, she make them cry out for mercy. Then there's me. I have so many issues, it's scary. My goal in life is to be left alone. I rile easily, that's the one common thing Grandmother, my Mother,Jessica & I all have. We all wonder what's wrong w/ Renee'. But I digress. I'm guarded, don't like a lot of attention and also suffer no fools. I don't want to be a business woman and I don't always have to be right. I'm the "Earthmother", I want to raise my children in peace. I'm the goddess of Hearth & Home. I want to be proud of the way I have everything under control. I want my boundaries to be from my front yard to my backyard and everything in between. My main goal is to be The Proverbs 31 woman. That's what I want. If I get to publish my books someday, that's fine but if I don't I'll be happy knowing I've raised a solid family for the next generation.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's something to be said about haveing that attitude of I don't care. Maybe instead of being so argumentative, how about just saying, O.K. you win, but actually be thinking, O.K. I know that I win.
From the aunt who says little.