I just wanted to share how helpful my daughter has been through this difficult ordeal. Every night for the past week she has made us dinner. Making dinner in our house is interesting because of the various dietary needs of each family member. Natalia and I eat completely different than the boys. They require carbs so that they don't have hypoglycemia in the morning. Natalia and I are Keto. Sometimes I feel guilty because my kiddos have had to take on a lot of responsibilities since very early on that their friends have yet to start. However, I recognize that this also gives them more freedom than their peers because they know how to take care of themselves and do not have to rely on someone else to do it. Two out of the three know CPR. All three know how to clean, load and shoot a gun. My older two know how to prepare meals, do laundry, clean bathrooms, administer medicine injections into themselves every night, iron clothes and pretty much every other skill an adult needs to survive. I have not been able to go grocery shopping because of taking care of Ephraim. Natalia took it upon herself to figure out what we were out of and placed an online order for groceries to be delivered. That's her latest skill she has had to learn out of necessity because I wasn't able to do it. It is amazing how much hardship grows a person. Now we just have to work on a few maturity issues and she will be ready to be a wife in about 3 years, if that's what she so desires. She won't have to wait until her late 20s to gain these skills, as it seems so common today. Honestly a lot of these skills they have had to just pick up out of emergency. They didn't learn them because I sat down to teach them. I don't think today's kids have enough hardships and it shows in their inability to handle life and stress.
