Happy Mother’s Day! Here it is, the start of this special day when we celebrate those women who give so much to be our mothers. Rebecca is a mother of 4 (usually) wonderful children, as troublesome as they might be, and she’s expecting another one due next month. It’s amasing how much she goes through, dealing with my absense due to working two jobs, and still being able to get Ethan to school every day, and keep the kids from completely destroying the house. I’m always amased at how much she puts up with.
It’s interesting for me to look at the past three generations of Andelin men, that I am a proud part of. From my understanding, my grandmother Helena joined the LDS Church in Sweden when she was a teenager, and she left her family and life to come to Utah to be with people who believed the same that she does, where she eventually met my grandfather. My mother left New York along with her mother and sister (leaving behind some bittersweet experiences) for California, where they encountered the LDS missionaries and joined the church in her mid teens, and where she eventually met my father. Rebecca grew up in Fullerton with her family, and moved to Yorba Linda for a larger house, where they lost the youngest family member, which led them to meeting members of the LDS Church and eventually joining it, in her mid teens. And of course, she eventually met and married me. 🙂
I often wonder if that’s a coincidence, that three Andelin men married three converts from their teens. I’m sure their experiences were essential for leading them to meeting such wonderful husbands. Right darling? 😉 I love you!