Do you have any support systems? I hope you do. I know we certainly do and are thankful every day for them. My support systems come in many forms: my amazing husband, my oldest daughter, my two youngest (in their own little way), my mom and step-dad, my mother and father-in-law, my siblings, my friends... the list goes on.
We are exceptionally lucky to have some very special ones that many people may not be lucky enough to have so close by and so supportive. My husband's "McGregor Aunts", I so affectionately call them, are a support system that I feel extremely lucky to have in my life. Ian's dad is the oldest of seven children. He has six sisters and they have been in my life since the day Ian brought me home to meet the "family"! The story is actually very funny as it is not my fondest memory of our past together. We travelled from Guelph to Ian's family home to be at his Grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary way back in 1999. Yikes! That would be the first time I was meeting his extended family and there was no doubt I was nervous. We arrived at the event and he proceeded to leave me standing beside his brother and sister to go visiting with all of his neighbours and family members. I couldn't believe he left me standing there. I met each of his aunts (in a blur as there seemed to be a never-ending amount of them) who were so very nice to me but I certainly couldn't remember them all. The evening continued on and I left in not very happy spirits about this new love of my life (or was he?). As time went on, we made it through that first little issue (he thought I was fine on my own since I am always so friendly to people... hmmmm... trying to butter me up!) and we obviously got married and here we are well over 10 years later. He still leaves me alone at family functions but I can manage because now I do know everyone very well!
Those many aunts that I met that day are in our lives on a regular basis. They support us in so many ways such looking after our children, they treat our children as their very own grandchildren, they swoop in when we need them, they participate in our family business and they are extremely supportive of me in my own small business. I cannot count how many times they have looked after our children and we never worry about their care. Our kids absolutely love them so much and have a connection to them on so many levels. One being that they share a heritage of being fortunate to grow up in the same home.
My circle of support is so large that there isn't words to explain how blessed I feel. Every day we feel their kindness shine down on us and it is so nice to know that they will be there for us. My hope is that we can repay them someday. There is nothing like having a strong support system and they come in many forms. We are lucky... they are like our very own Fairy Godmothers!
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