Do you notice a theme? Robyn!
Robyn, the leader, the true blue leader, is the one who started the clan. I have always been grateful she was the first. She is the nurturer, the "other" mother! She loves these siblings like no other. If tomorrow I would be no more, she would rush in to fill the loss. She wonders how she can have children, how could she love her own more than her siblings. You and I both know she will have no problem with this but you and I both know that this is how we felt gazing into the eyes of our baby while pregnant with another! We understand what she is feeling.
I am thankful that Chris came second. He was the little guy who would waddle first into social scenes with Robyn following him. Kathryn came relentlessly pestering them. Geoff rekindled our love for babies even with the "High Alert" stage we found ourselves in with him! Nicky defined perfection, or so we thought (she's helped bring some realism to that view). Jesse, his name means wealth, is flat out wonderful.
I love spending time with these children during the holidays, many memories to dwell on and many memories still to make. Robyn led the way and even to this day her involvement in their lives is wonderful. She even gave us a wonderful new son. Who at age sixteen knows who she is going to and WILL marry? Robyn,she is the bomb!
