Amen Ravenloche I too am in agreement with you.
Brothers and Sisters, yesterday 14 year old came home and the first words out of her mouth were, "Mommy, I love you and I really appreciate you." Immediately my defenses went up and I said, " I love you too sweetie,
what do you want?"
(is that normal?). She said "Nothing, I just want you to know." I gave her a hug and we went about getting dinner on the table. After dinner I went in the kitchen to help her out with the cleaning it was her day to do dishes. She said to me "Mom, you know why I told you I love you? Because on Saturday, my best friend's mom died, when I found out all I could think of was you, what would I do without you?" This bought tears to my eyes. When I think about the love I get from these 2 girls, I just want to melt. When they first came to live with me 8 years ago, they thought I was their enemy and they didn't even want to have a relationship with me, but love has bought us so close.