My Dad loved the Mississippi River...whenever dad had a three day weekend, we would pack up the tent, and head out for a few days of fishing and camping along the Mississippi...he had a few favorite places he liked to go, but he was always happiest, when fishing in the Mississippi..
I never had any girls, so dont how it is raising them...had the two boys, and just loved it...I guess, because I was always more of a tomboy, and a wicked one, than I ever was the neat prim little lady...
I was raised with one brother, and my two male cousins lived downstairs, and most of the kids in our neighborhood to play with were boys, so I guess I just thought I was one of the guys...I did whatever they did...
So raising two boys was easy, tho those teen years can turn a parent grey rather quickly...ah, but the good thing is, the teen years last only just so long, and most teens and their parents come through it just fine, tho at the time, you think you will never survive it...
Sometimes it is just plain hard being a mom...