HOW DID YOU FIRST MEET YOUR IN-LAWS??

HOW DID YOU FIRST MEET YOUR IN-LAWS?

to be fair, ill discuss both sets of in-laws as i am married for the second time .

first IN-LAWS were with former hubby DANIEL MATTHEW CARMICHAEL and i met them wehn we took an impromtue trip (12 hours stright) to VIRGINIA for a visit.
i met dans mother delores, and his step-dad (whom i didnt really like all that much)
met his father ED, and his step mother FAYE.
as well as the siblings (minus one brother) and thier families as well.

fast forward to today
i met craigs mother the day before she married his step-dad KEN in NORTH CAROLINA (6 hour trip) as well as the rest of his family and thier children and significant others too.
i was VERY nervous about meeting craigs mother and family. i had seen pics of them and they all looked like thin ppl. and im not. and that alotted me to have time (during the drive) to build up some hesitations and worries associated to that fact.
when it came time to be introduced..i stepped out and was suprised to see a warm and gracious woman standing before me. who looked as if she never really noticed the weight issue. (i dont see how she couldnt, but im not her so ill leave it at that).
i was later pleased to see, his aunt, his mothers sister was also plus sized. not as much as me, but she wasnt a small bird either. and i felt more included In the family at that point.
i relaxed and enjoyed myself at that ppoint, but i wont lie, i was pleased to finally go home where i could relax and not worry anymore about it all.


MICHELLE

HOW DID YOU LIKE BEING THE OLDEST, MIDDLE,OR YOUNGEST CHILD?

HOW DID YOU LIKE BEING THE OLDEST, MIDDLE OR YOUNGST CHILD?

well this is easy enough, i fall into all those catagories, and the one left out as wel: THE ONLY CHILD.

HOW DID I LIKE IT?:

i never have. hated being an only child. i had very few friends because of where we lived. there wernt alot of children in the building as it was a building designated for doctors and nurses whom worked at the hosptial across the street (NATIONAL INSITIUTES OF HEALTH).

i wanted my mom to get marreid and have anothe child, but she never did.

it became a problme emotionaly for me when she passed away. i felt so isolated and alone, even tho i had an aunt and several cousins and thier signifigant others in the hospital after she passed away. they wernt CLOSE to me like a family is. and i desired that so much from life.

my son lives with the same issue as well. hes an only child. im 40, i dont have long to try to give him a sibling. and hes getting almost too old to appreciate a sibling anyway. hes 12 now, 13 this summer.

MICHELLE

WHAT DID YOU DO AS A CHILD THAT GOT YOU IN THE MOST TROUBLE WITH YOUR PARENTS? HOW DID THEY HANDLE IT?

WHAT DID YOU DO AS A CHILD THAT GOT YOU INTO THE MOST TROUBLE WITH YOUR PARENTS? HOW DID THEY HANDLE IT?

hmmmm, well, right off the bat i can say i was a pretty easy kid to have had i was rarely in trouble as a child. i didnt have many friends so i wasnt caught up in any kind of peer pressure. like most kids are.

i really wasnt anything to handle until in was legal (age 21), at that tim, i felt i was an adult (so did the world) and if i got into trouble it was mine to have to handle.

but i digress...let me answer this question:

i can remember when i lived in BETHESDA, MD in the apartment building we lived in across the street from the NATIONAL INSITITUES OF HEALTH i drew a pictuee on t a pillar in the "party room". it was a big area that had a few chairs and some long tables in it..used for social parties and events, etc.

i was very proud of the picture i drew. i remeber it was a face.

the landlord called my mother up and told her i had drawn in the wall and expected me to take care of it.
my mother rushed me downstairs (we lived on the second floor) and STORMED into that room and saw the picture on the pillar.

she turned to me and asked" DID YOU DRAW THIS?!?!?!"
i knew i was in trouble...
"no." was my sheepish answer.
"NO!?!?!?!" she yelled back at me.
"no. i didnt" i was lying.
then came the phrase i will never forget hearing:
"then WHO signed your name?"
...BUSTED!!!....

HOW DID YOUR PARENTS HADLE IT?:

i was grounded.

MICHELLE

WELCOME TO ANOTHER JOURNAL ABOUT ME!!

the gist of THIS journal is to take questions/ statements that are pre-provided and answer them as best i can....one-day-at-a-time.

i had recieved this in a womens church class (relief society) and thought it was an excellent way to express parts of me i may be, otherwise, unable to tap into to give you a better understanding of who i am, or expieinces i have had happen in my lifetime.

so, sit back...enjoy the ride. and well discover me all over again...

MICHELLE