Personal Childhood Web

My Aunt Emma
For as long as I can remember my Aunt Emma has always been a workaholic who loves children. During my childhood years, it was always my Aunt Emma's house that us children (my brother, my uncle, and myself) begged to go to for the weekend (any weekend that she was off that is). My aunt had one son (her only child) and she raised my cousin from the time she was an infant. I loved spending weekends at my aunt's house because she set boundaries for us. It was were I felt safe, loved, and nurtured. There we had rules, chores, and routines and I loved it. Watching my aunt go to work, take care of us children, and run a household has always made me believe that she is superwoman. She is who I want to be when I grow up :-).

My Dad
I was and still am daddy's little girl. I am my daddy's only child so you can probably guess that he spoiled me rotten. Because of the location of my dad's career, he would stay with my elderly grandmother during the week, but every Friday at 5:00 I could expect him to be walking through the door. He would always have some sort of activities planned for us (my mom, older brother, and myself) throughout the weekend. I admire my dad mainly because although he wasn't my brother's father, he took care of him as if he was his own. Now at that time, this was not cool with me because I wanted my dad all to myself and he thought it was so cute. Now that I am an adult, my dad spoils my children the same as he did me and my brother when we were younger. Now I can't wait until my 7 month old daughter is able to walk and talk because I know she's going to have my dad (her grandfather) wrapped around her little finger.

My Mom
Because my mom had her first 3 children at a young age, she wasn't ready to be a mother. There is a 2 year age different between my sister and I and a 4 year age different between my older brother and I. Ten years later, my mom gave birth to my younger brother. It was once I became an adult that a relationship was formed between my mother and I. It has bloomed into the relationship that I would like to have with my daughter. My mom will do another to help lighten my load and will do anything for my children. She loves spoiling them rotten.