Okay, so a few nights ago we had these terrrible thunderstorms. I woke up the next morning and there was debris from the neighbors yards and limbs from the trees behind my house scattered throughout my yard. I happen to be one of those people that is awakened by nothing. I once slept through a stage 1 hurricane, true story, my husband was amazed. So needless to say my kids no longer even bother trying to wake me. Well now to the point of the story. My kids argue, fight and aggravate the living daylights out of one another on a pretty consistent basis. I am the baby of my family, my youngest brother is 9 years older than me so I pretty much grew up as an only child and in a not so child friendly enviroment. Therefore I am constantly telling my kids how important they are to one another. That the feelings of their brothers and sisters should be of great importance to them.That one day my husband and I will be gone and the memories of us will live on through them. Of course they never seem to listen or even care what I say. Then the sweetest thing happened and made me realize they do care and they do listen. lol, they just choose not to let me know that.

When I woke up after all the storms the night before, I went in my sons room to check on him, but he wasn't there. I then looked in my youngest daughters bed and to my great surprise she too was missing. So, then I look in my oldest daughters bed and there they all were, Snuggled up together. It occured to me at that point that when they knew that waking me was going to be a useless effort, they took shelter from the storm in the arms of one another. It also occured to me that even though they don't apear to listen, when the storms of life come their way they will seek the comfort of one another, they will be there for one another.  

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