Jen has been a strong female role model to me. Growing up Jen was a tomboy playing with the boys and she couldn't understand why when playing shirts versus skins, our mother wouldn't let her take her shirt off. She was a tumbler, I was always fearful I was going to hurt myself, no gymnastics for me. Our father bought her a mat and she would spend hours working on her tumbling until she got it right, I have always admired how brave and daring she is. In high school Jen was popular, she hung out with all crowds and nice to everyone, she was my cool big sister. Jen has never met a stranger.
At least a decade ago Jen, myself and her boys were ice skating, I was so nervous I was going to fall, I was hugging the wall, probably white knuckling it. Jen came up next to me and simply said, "what's the worse thing that could happen? You'll fall." I thought how true, so I let go of the wall and fell like ten times but I had a blast. Jen has taught me to relax, go with the flow and have fun.
Jen has taught me to not judge a book by it's cover, I judged her and was angry with her for a long time, and it wasn't until I made my own mistakes that I realized no one is perfect and good people can make bad decisions but that doesn't mean they are bad people. Jen has fought some tough battles in her life and I admire her courage to rise above.
Jen is a great mom to her boys. She's the fun and crazy mom, sometimes I catch them looking at her when she's not looking and you can see how much they love and admire her. Jen has always been open and honest with them. I believe she was meant to be a mother to boys, she got the energy to keep up with them.
I cannot thank God enough for her and she has modeled what it means to be a strong woman.
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