It's Not Fair!

As a child, I remember my little sister being upset because I had an entire photo album to myself (from before she was born)—it did have other people in it, but it was mostly me. From that day I decided I wanted to try to make things as equal for my kids as I can. To be fair, my parents did too. They didn’t know that an album of pictures from before she was born would bother her. If we were splitting the last piece of cake, one cut and the other chose—there were never two more equal pieces of cake! They tried to make the time they put into our activities and the money they spent fair. Not always easy when we were doing different things in high school. I think at that point we got that “fair” no longer meant equal.

My girls are small though, so for now I’m striving for equal. There were several things that Kate received from baby showers and just being the first that my mom and I have been intentional about getting for Gabby. There’s a card with a bracelet and a penny for their shoes when they get married, a baby hat that becomes a handkerchief (also for their wedding days), photo albums, baby books, first shoes, and scrap books. Quilts I made and afghans from my mom. Even my sister bought Kate a hot cocoa cup last year and two month old Gabby got one too, so when she's ready they'll match (that meant a lot!). The very last thing that Kate had from her babyhood was a silver cup with her monogram. My mom knew that Gabby hadn’t received one, so she got one for her. They aren’t just close, they are an exact match!



Thank you, from Gabby and me!