Comments on: Thursday Special ~ The Middle Wife http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 09:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29134 Grannymar Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:58:11 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29134 Margaret - I don't even remember my younger siblings being born. Mind you I was away on holiday when my sister, the baby of the family arrived. The first I knew about her was when I cam home and she was almost a month old! I was E I G H T! Margaret - I don’t even remember my younger siblings being born. Mind you I was away on holiday when my sister, the baby of the family arrived. The first I knew about her was when I cam home and she was almost a month old! I was E I G H T!

]]> By: Margaret Kilgore http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29129 Margaret Kilgore Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:05:06 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29129 Great story! My great grandmother was a midwife here in Kansas and my grandmother used to go along to help with the birth. She had some stories to tell, but they must not have been as cute as this one, because all I can remember is being asked (along with the other children) to leave the room. Oh, Maynard, I'm here to tell you, it's so rewarding when your kids have teenagers! The grandpa/grandma job becomes so important, because the kids have a tendency to forget what they put you through and you get to remind them! I personally love the opportunity to start a conversation with "I can remember when your Dad........" Great story! My great grandmother was a midwife here in Kansas and my grandmother used to go along to help with the birth. She had some stories to tell, but they must not have been as cute as this one, because all I can remember is being asked (along with the other children) to leave the room.

Oh, Maynard, I’m here to tell you, it’s so rewarding when your kids have teenagers! The grandpa/grandma job becomes so important, because the kids have a tendency to forget what they put you through and you get to remind them! I personally love the opportunity to start a conversation with “I can remember when your Dad……..”

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29038 Grannymar Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:50:27 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29038 Darlene - How did I miss you yesterday? Put it down to a senior moment. Some of there stories are evergreen and take the retelling. Glad you enjoyed it again. Kimme - Be patient and give it time................. or send her away to University and change the locks! It works! :roll: Darlene - How did I miss you yesterday? Put it down to a senior moment. Some of there stories are evergreen and take the retelling. Glad you enjoyed it again.

Kimme - Be patient and give it time…………….. or send her away to University and change the locks! It works! :roll:

]]> By: kimme http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29037 kimme Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:49:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29037 Maynard.. I will do my best to enjoy the moments that I can and put aside the difficult ones.:) Grannymar.. I sure hope she does grow up to be my real friend. She can be so much fun when not acting like a drama-teen :) ~kimme Maynard.. I will do my best to enjoy the moments that
I can and put aside the difficult ones.:)
Grannymar.. I sure hope she does grow up to be my
real friend. She can be so much fun when not acting like
a drama-teen :)

~kimme

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29036 Grannymar Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:01:36 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29036 Maynard, It is wonderful when the teenagers grow up and become our REAL friends. Maynard,

It is wonderful when the teenagers grow up and become our REAL friends.

]]> By: Maynard http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29029 Maynard Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:07:08 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29029 I have a Mid-wife, as they are called in Pa. , as a client. The Buggy Mennonites and the Amish use the mid-wives to deliver their babies. She has shared many stories with me about her deliveries with them. Very interesting. I always know when the Buggy Menninite ladies are pregnant. They start walking up and down the road, because the mid-wife has told them to start excercising. Grannymar, if the teenage years are there for the parents to earn their "stripes", then my stripes have turned my skin solid. I want to thank my daughter jessica and my son Tyler for that. I love you kids. I have a Mid-wife, as they are called in Pa. , as a client. The Buggy Mennonites and the Amish use the mid-wives to deliver their babies.
She has shared many stories with me about her deliveries with them. Very interesting.
I always know when the Buggy Menninite ladies are pregnant. They start walking up and down the road, because the mid-wife has told them to start excercising.

Grannymar, if the teenage years are there for the parents to earn their “stripes”, then my stripes have turned my skin solid. I want to thank my daughter jessica and my son Tyler for that. I love you kids.

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]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29027 Grannymar Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:52:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29027 Maynard - the teenage years are there so the parents can earn their stripes. ;) Baino - I think the idea of home birthing is catching on again. Mind you I was happy enough to avail of hospital facilities. Maynard - the teenage years are there so the parents can earn their stripes. ;)

Baino - I think the idea of home birthing is catching on again. Mind you I was happy enough to avail of hospital facilities.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29026 Baino Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:21:17 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29026 Haha started my Friday just right. I think it's a shame that home birthing is so rare these days. Kids just don't know where baby's come from and the middle wife is rarely seen. Great yarn! Haha started my Friday just right. I think it’s a shame that home birthing is so rare these days. Kids just don’t know where baby’s come from and the middle wife is rarely seen. Great yarn!

]]> By: Maynard http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2010/01/14/thursday-special-the-middle-wife/#comment-29025 Maynard Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:42:01 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=6156#comment-29025 My Jess was a pistol in her teenage years. Now she is a mother herself. I'm sure that she will be more strick with her children than we were with her. And Grannymar you are right, those teenage years fly by. If you can Kimme, enjoy every minute. My Jess was a pistol in her teenage years. Now she is a mother herself. I’m sure that she will be more strick with her children than we were with her. And Grannymar you are right, those teenage years fly by. If you can Kimme, enjoy every minute.

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