I wright my story

I had a conversation with E the other day about premature babies...and babies in general, and winter. Which eventually led to the story of her winter birth. And the fact that Douglas (David's (at the time 10yr old) youngest brother) had been very sick right before. ....

We specifically made the request to his parents that Douglas not be allowed to hold her. And at a Family birthday party when Elizabeth was a week old, my Mil reached into my arms and ATTEMPTED to remove her from them.  I responded with SHOCK, and an "EXCUSE me?!?!"

She then ASKED to hold her. After I handed the baby over, she passed her to Douglas.

Elizabeth said something along the lines of, "You should have taken me and left." YES. That's exactly what I SHOULD have done. I said, "Well, I WANTED to bite her... But I DIDN'T"  Elizabeth: "You SHOULD have."

"Yes, and because I didn't, my mind BROKE."

BECAUSE I DIDN'T, MY MIND BROKE!!!!!

Because I had my God given instincts kick in, and for social etiquette, and the fear of being looked at as strange, I didn't listen..

But even my daughter has the wisdom to see how WRONG that situation was.