"...Of TWELVE children?!?"
Me: "Yes."
Random person: "Wow what are all their names?"
Me: "Katie (pointing to me), Christin (starting to hold up a finger for each child), Grace, Sara, Linnea, Emma, Timothy, Liberty, Noah, Judah, Seth, and Dixie."
Random Person: "WOW!! You weren't joking!"
Now, honestly, truly! Who would lie about how many siblings they had? And who really would just randomly pick the number twelve for that many children in their family? And just because I gave you twelve names, how does that prove that there really are that many children in my family?
Such runs my thoughts as I rattle of the names--Sometimes the ages & birthdays of my siblings as well--You know any old person could just come up with names, dates, & ages...Right?
Is there a way that I say it that make people believe me? I'm I just over confident about it all when I spout them off like some show-off? Or is it this picture on the back of our business card that validates what I am saying as truth?
Me: "Yes."
Random person: "Wow what are all their names?"
Me: "Katie (pointing to me), Christin (starting to hold up a finger for each child), Grace, Sara, Linnea, Emma, Timothy, Liberty, Noah, Judah, Seth, and Dixie."
Random Person: "WOW!! You weren't joking!"
Now, honestly, truly! Who would lie about how many siblings they had? And who really would just randomly pick the number twelve for that many children in their family? And just because I gave you twelve names, how does that prove that there really are that many children in my family?
Such runs my thoughts as I rattle of the names--Sometimes the ages & birthdays of my siblings as well--You know any old person could just come up with names, dates, & ages...Right?
Is there a way that I say it that make people believe me? I'm I just over confident about it all when I spout them off like some show-off? Or is it this picture on the back of our business card that validates what I am saying as truth?
1 comment:
And knowing families larger than mine (like yours) makes mine seem so small. I usually tell inquiring people, "I only have 5 brothers and 1 sister." they always think its a lot but it certainly doesn't seem like it. I don't think people in today's world will ever truly "get" it. large families aren't the norm unfortunately.
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