AFF's Birth Order Log

[Falla39]

I am the oldest daughter of eleven, We have one older brother.

Two of my younger brothers, Big-Larry and Crakjak, are regular

posters on this forum. No, we don't all agree on everything but

I guarantee there is something we can still learn from one another.

If we all thought alike on everything, what would there be to learn.

If we were never challenged, would we study, or dig deeper! Our

paternal grandmother heard something in the early 1930's which

challenged her traditional thinking. She heard the apostolic message.

But first she was a devout something else. She read her Bible. She

sought after God. Her first instinct was to "prove that Pentecostal

preacher wrong". She dug deeper than she had before. She had not

heard what he was preaching and teaching. She checked it out. She

found she was wrong. How I thank God today that Grandma made a

choice to dig deeper into the Word of God and made a choice when

confronted with truth which changed the course of not only her life,

but the lives of five of her future generations. Our oldest grandson is

the fifth generation. He is 24 yrs. old and has felt the call of God on

his life, as well as his 21 yr. old brother.

God has kept all eleven of us alive todate. The Lord willing this

Saturday my husband and I will be attending the 50th Class Reunion

of the classmates I graduated with in 1957. All 32 are still alive. Most

will be attending. All eleven of us graduated from this same high school.

Our six adult children also graduated there also. We are all SO blessed.

It has been said that the children are blessed by the obedience of their

parents. We are definitely living off the blessing of our grandmother and

our wonderful parents. What we leave in our children will determine how

blessed our children will be. Of course we have to receive the blessing.

In a family where there is love, you will find God! God IS Love!

Perhaps some have noticed that Falla39 is "LONG-winded"! Well, she's

probably been around LONGER than most here so she has more to say!

I grew up in the generation that were told that children were to LISTEN

and Learn. My older brother and I are the matriarch and patriach of our

family now. We are the oldest of our generation. IF we have something

worthwhile to say, I believe it's time to say it!!!

Blessings,

Falla39

I'm the oldest of 6 at 36 years, although 2 baby brothers died when I was 7 and 8 consecutively... they were each only a few months old at the time.

I have one living brother (31) and 2 living sisters (26) and (23).

[Darcie]

I was the only girl out of 3 boys... #3 out of 4. Growing up I was considered a "Tom Boy" in a skirt. I did love being a Daddy's Girl tho!...and not having to share a room.

[Digging4Truth]

I am the first of 3.

All boys.

[BrotherEastman]

I am the 2nd born of two, I have a sister who is 2 1/2 years older than myself.

[tamor]

I have a mixed up birth order! I am the second of four girls in my family - BUT, I am the older of two born to my mom, and the middle child of three born to my dad! Fun, huh?

My parents raised my older sister's daughter from birth so we have always called each other sister (she's fourteen years younger than I am). My dad was married before he married my mom and my sister was five years old when my parents married and Mom raised her as her own. Then she raised HER daughter as hers.

Therefore, I can go by oldest child, middle child, or second of four......

[Coonskinner]

I am the oldest. I have a sister two years younger and a brother five years younger.

[MissBrattified]

Youngest of 5, raised like an only child. (All my sisters were out of the house by the time I was 2)

Soooo...I had the youngest child AND only child benefits.

I am blessed to be "Mama's Baby Boy"! My dad seldom ever called me anything else and for that I am thankful... I certainly deserved a few other titles! We celebrated my mom's 75th birthday this past weekend and I was introduced as "Mama's Baby Boy!"

I have two sisters and a brother... the girls are 58 and 55 and my brother is 51 (52 in October) and I will be 49 in January.

[StillStanding]

I am #2 of five! An older sister and a younger sister, plus two younger brothers.