Comments on: The Making of a Family https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/ She traded her tiara for wings and a pickup Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:31:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/#comment-11244 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 03:52:18 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7407#comment-11244 In reply to Pauline.

Family dynamics can be so complicated. I have learned I can’t change anyone else…I can only change how I react. I’ve also learned when I feel all those feelings welling up and I get to feeling overwhelmed and upset is exactly the time I need to turn to Jesus and say, “Oh, hey…I’m sorry. I was trying to do the heavy lifting again. My bad! Here…can you take this for me?” He always carries it…till I forget and pick it up again. We are women…we are moms…so, therefore, we think we are the fixers. My heart is with you, dear one. ❤️

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]]> By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/#comment-11242 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 03:46:46 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7407#comment-11242 In reply to Kaye.

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]]> By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/#comment-11241 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 03:45:56 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7407#comment-11241 In reply to Carol.

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]]> By: Carol https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/#comment-11239 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:16:47 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7407#comment-11239 I relate so much to everything you said. As a mother of three children I always dreamed of being a grandma someday. We’d have big family gatherings like I had growing up with my grandparents. Then my oldest son was in a car accident that left him severely brain damaged. My daughter found out she was unable to have children. My other son has no desire for children of his own, but he married a woman with two kids. He’s a great stepdad and loves them like his own. They were 11 and 14 when they came into our lives. So after many years and heartache, I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I’ll never have grandbabies, at least I have two kids who call me grandma and we love each other. No big family gathering though, my family is scattered in several different states.

]]> By: Kaye https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/#comment-11237 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:35:11 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7407#comment-11237 You are blessed … and wise enough to realize it . We have no family , just the two of us … and God . I really , really understand your comments about your dad. Sadly ,I think I allowed basically the same situation to affect me in such a negative way for decades . God has given me a far better life with love I never ever thought I would have . Although I am fearful each step will bring a shattered step due to my bones , I am still praying for healing bc I still believe God heals . Even though we don’t have a family , how blessed we are that we have Almighty God . I so enjoy your keen insight about life , and bc I am basically housebound , I love to ” travel ” through your blog ! Thanks for sharing your world .

]]> By: Pam Hanson https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/#comment-11236 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:25:57 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7407#comment-11236 I am so fortunate to have 2 bonus daughters and 2 wonderful granddaughters from my marriage. We count all children ( my 2 and his 2) and Grands ( his 2 and my 4) as ours. We treat them as ours, gift them as ours, and love them as ours. I am so blessed!

]]> By: Pauline https://www.marshmallowranch.com/the-making-of-a-family/#comment-11235 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:17:58 +0000 https://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=7407#comment-11235 Ginny, this hit so close to home. I love my family don’t get me wrong but since moving back to WNY where we all live I don’t see them as much as I thought I would. My sister always says we need to get together for lunch but if I don’t pickup the phone I don’t hear anything from her. My siblings and I don’t have anything really in common like movies,concerts,etc. my younger sister I realize is trying to find herself. She is the one whose husband killed himself in a drunken car accident and she is completely on her own. Her daughters are somewhat close but still far away.
I finally need advice my present husband is my kids stepfather, now my son is married has two little girls that I adore but his wife feels that his family isn’t important to them. Not once since they have married they can’t come to our Ouse no matter where we are, esp. at Christmas, her family that is a different story. My son and husband are at odds now and neither will budge and take the first step. My husband hasn’t even met the youngest girl because they said no room at their house for him at the time of her christening and he refused to get a hotel room. Now I was there to help them out and watched her for a month. My son thinks hubby and I should spend the w/e together and get a hotel room. Well needless to say we don’t go and visit them in Philadelphia. I can’t pick sides but sometimes I get torn apart. I wish one of them would give in and bury the hatch

Sorry to cry on your shoulder but sometimes I get so upset ?!

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