How did I get so lucky? With three beautiful daughters and a husband who loves me, I have to remember to pinch myself sometimes. After having Raquel, I felt a bit of fear; specifically, I got scared about losing my husband. I think I might have even wondered about our life insurance policy. But this fear also didn’t come out of nowhere. Now with three kids, one of which is a newborn who I am literally attached too, I have begun to see just how much my husband does for our family. I need more help these days, and he has been right there helping away during these first few weeks of our new baby’s life.
Brent is a hands-on dad. He has never shied away from a poopy diaper (okay, maybe once); he makes meals, gives baths, and reads stories, just to name a few. I have to laugh because although he does things a little different than I do (for example at bath time, rinsing shampoo out of the girls can sometimes seem like water boarding rather than rinsing), the mere fact that my husband even takes the time to do regular bath time is wonderful. I’ve really had to let go of my control as a mother and let him do things as he thinks they should be done. On disciplining our children, however, we are definitely working towards consistently delivering the right messages to our kids and staying on the same page.
So this being the last President’s Note of my term, I’d like to publically thank my husband for being such an amazing father and husband. He has never shown me anything less than love and support throughout my presidency and throughout our life together thus far. He is the backbone of our family who works so hard for us during the day so that we can live the life we do. He then comes home at night to be “on” for his family. He is amazing. He loves Petaluma and he loves helping his community. This man earns his sleep for sure. Thank you Brent! I love you, and I thank you for being my partner in life and the father to our three angels.
To all the PMC Dads who have stood behind the wonderful women of the PMC, Happy Father’s Day! Thank you for coming to events and helping with set-up, take down, getting supplies, building our float for Butter & Eggs Day, being with the kids so she could be with us, etc., etc., etc.
Thank you all for allowing me the opportunity to serve as your President over the past year. I have enjoyed getting to know so many of you, and I feel so much appreciation to the moms and dads involved in our community. May you all have a wonderful summer with your children and families. Eat lots of watermelon, play in the sun, and enjoy your friends and neighbors. Peace.
Veronica Blaustein
PMC President
