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Setting a Strong Example

© April Lee Schmidt

I have been thinking a great deal about the Mother I would like Samantha to be. She may choose not to have children and that would be okay. Nevertheless, should she chose to I have come to realize how important my example as a Mother will be to her. I guess this really is not something new. Of coarse my example will play a pivotal role as to the woman, wife, mother she will be.

Yet, I tend not to think much about this while I am in the throws of parenting. Perhaps I should look at my parenting from a Grandparents point of view. I mean when an issue comes up with Samantha or even her brothers, perhaps I should think to myself How would I want this to be handle by the parents of my grandchildren. How would I want Samantha to handle this with her daughter or sons?

I am in the midst of a struggle right now with the Department of Human Resources, trying to get all the necessary paperwork and information in to get our foster care license transferred from our home state to here so that my son’s birth sister can be placed with us. Our struggles seem to be over a set of lost fingerprints and the understaffed department’s inability to find them. Am I handling this in a way that would make my daughter proud? Am I setting a good example for her to follow? I would hope so. I believe it is important not just for our daughters but for all of our children to know when push comes to shove that we will push and shove right back for their sake.

I want Samantha to be that type of Mother. I want her to be willing to fight for her children’s best interest. Oh, I realize that my son’s birth sister is not legally my daughter yet. However, it is in everyone’s best interest that she be placed with her sibling. As daunting as it is, my husband and are will not give up or give in. especially not over a simple set of fingerprints.

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