Comments on: Family makes us feel Loved, Friends make us feel Normal http://www.strongmothers.com/2009/12/03/family-makes-us-feel-loved-friends-make-us-feel-normal/ A place where mothers can find encouragement and inspiration while they work at their hardest job ever ~ being a parent. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Beth http://www.strongmothers.com/2009/12/03/family-makes-us-feel-loved-friends-make-us-feel-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Beth Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:45:20 +0000 http://www.strongmothers.com/?p=1325#comment-345 Great post and I can totally relate! Over Thanksgiving this year, my 13 yr. old niece looks at during a family function and says "our family is just crazy." Although I totally agree with her, I took this opportunity to talk with her about that statement. I let her know that many of her friends probably felt the same about their families. I used the very statement to her "Family makes us feel loved, and our friends make us feel normal." Not sure she completely grasped the entire conversation at 13 but my prayer is she will understand we are not the only family with "crazy people" :) Great post and I can totally relate!

Over Thanksgiving this year, my 13 yr. old niece looks at during a family function and says “our family is just crazy.” Although I totally agree with her, I took this opportunity to talk with her about that statement. I let her know that many of her friends probably felt the same about their families. I used the very statement to her “Family makes us feel loved, and our friends make us feel normal.” Not sure she completely grasped the entire conversation at 13 but my prayer is she will understand we are not the only family with “crazy people” :)

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