Everyone knows what that means. Whether its the warmth of a Mothers
arms or a Fathers re-assuring words, everyone has had the feeling. I
write about this after reading a string of blogs today that discuss
parental feelings. rock star mommy
was the first place I read about it and as I traveled through the
blogosphere I read more and more. Maybe it is because of whose blogs I
choose to read that topics run together but whatever the reason it
still made me think.
I dont agree with everything that my parents
have done but I do think that they were the best parents they could be
and that they tried to do everything they could. Maybe my Dad could
have worked less and been home more or my Mom could have tolerated him
a little better but that would not have made them who they are. They
made their decisions on their own free will and they created their own
destiny. 
The same goes for the off spring of Walter Earl Averett
Jr and Jeannette Linda Guillot. My sibling and I have to choose what we
decide to utilize from our up-bringing and what we would prefer to
leave behind. Nobody is perfect and in all actuality I dont think that
perfection is the goal. I believe that being truly happy and honest
with a free conscious is more important than perfection.
I never pretended to be in another family like the Kennedys or anything like that. I would pretend that my
family was on the range with Roy Rogers. Through everything that we
went through I think that my parents did a wonderful job. They made us
fearless when it came to learning and they taught us to be
non-judgemental of other people. My parents made sure that we knew how
to laugh at our own mistakes and to be careful not to laugh others
(unless they were in our house because then they were fair game).
Here
are the mistakes of my parents that I want to change and that I know my
sibling wants to change with her children. I think that I want family
to come first. I have seen my Father fight with his brother/bestfriend.
I saw him quit talking to almost his whole family because of a trashy
ol whore. I saw my Mother fight with her sisters and stop talking to
them and even though she may have had reason to be angry, I dont think
there is a reason to decide that a part of your family is no longer
family.
I will return to this topic after I have sorted everything out that I want to say.

Oh yeah. Mom I know you read my blog but I am not writing anything here that I have not said before.