People Change.
Today is grandpa John's birthday. I just received an email from him and it totally made me cry. It seems fitting on his birthday to mention that I am really impressed with how much he has changed in the last several years. You know, when I had my girls, these precious little angels, I wasn't sure what to do about my step father and his role in their lives. I didn't have the best childhood with him, we had had some issues. I felt like I needed to guard myself around him to not be emotionally hurt by him and I was scared for my kids getting hurt too. That's not the nicest thing to say, but it is honest. I made a decision to embrace forgiveness and to keep an open mind. I wanted him to have a good relationship with my girls and I really wanted to be a positive, supportive person of my mother's marriage. Through the years I've just sort of hung back and watched to see how things would go and two things have happened, our relation...