motherhood-lessonsBack in February I was tagged by my good blog friend Alyssa for the meme Motherhood Lessons hosted by Moms Talk Network. I know I am really late in participating in the meme, but better late than never, right?

I don’t really have any regrets in regard to my children.  My children are still pretty young, 4 and 2.  But there is one thing I wish I could have done differently.  I would not have had my children so far away from family and friends.  After I got married my husband and I  moved to Maryland while all our family and friends were in the Texas and Oklahoma area.  Two years later we had our first son and then two years after that we had our daughter.  Because we lived so far away we only got to visit once a year due to the expense of airline tickets.  Our family missed so much of our children’s lives in those newborn, baby, and toddler years.

Last year we moved back to Oklahoma and it has been wonderful being near family again.  The children are creating such a strong bond with all the grandparents because they now see them regularly.  Of course the grandparents just love having the kids close by.  I just wish the bond could have started when the kids were newborns instead of a couple years later.

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