People of the week segment

So, if you are one of the five people who reads my blog...LOL...you may remember that I am spotlighting people who are special to me each week.

This week I am going to tell you about some of Rods family. His mom and dad to be exact....they are better known and MiMi and Pop. Rod and I sort of had an on again off again relationship in the beginning days, but I will never forget the first time I met his family. One of my closest friends had dated Rod years before and she told me that Rod's parents lived in a mansion (it wasn't a mansion...they are blessed I had it all wrong thinking they were going to be some snobby people). That really made me nervous but I went on and met them anyway. We pulled up to their home and his dad was out side in the heat of the day with a red bandanna around his head and he was putting a swing set together for the grandkids. Then, I went inside their home and met the rest of the family. I had such peace when I was there. Anyway, his mom and dad have been married for 41 years and they are some of the most modest people that I know. His mom and dad would literally give you the shirt off of their backs. Sometimes I think his mom is the one that wants to give everything to her kids the most. Case in point...she gave Rod an expensive bag of shrimp a while back and Rod was mentioning how good it was and his dad chimed in asking if she gave him a bag of that to. All he has to do is say the word and she would literally try to give whatever the need was to him...or us.
I admire them for sticking it out in their marriage. Marriage is hard work and it doesn't come easy for everyone and I am sure they had hard times just like we all do. Rods dad came from a very hard home and he decided that his children were not going to live like he had to. He worked very hard for their family. I know Rod knows how blessed he is to have them for family...but from my point of view I think I see things more differently than Rod does. In a lot of ways I did not have what he has.
Nobody loves her kids or grandkids like MiMi. Morgan loves her so much that it is not even funny. MiMi is very strong willed (like me) yet very loving to her babies. Morgan almost daily picks up the phone in the kitchen and pretend to talk to gan-mommy (that is what Morgan is calling her) and Pop. Today I had to meet my sister so she could watch Morg while I worked and Morgan got so excited thinking we were meeting her MiMi and Pop. She has hardly stayed with anyone else before.
Rod's parents have spent night after night and day after day helping keep grandkids. I don't know how they don't get sick of it. If his mom sees a need and she can help meet it she will. There have been so many times that I have just needed to sleep and she has watched morgan while I take a nap. Or there have been times when I just wanted to eat a plate of food and she will almost always take Morgan and try to help feed her before she ever takes a bite of her meal. When Morgan goes to their house she doesn't even want to leave.
They are such a blessing and I can say with full assurance that their children rise and call them blessed. Proverbs 31.