well behaved children

this happened a while back but I have not forgotten it so decided to share...

Greg and I went to Coco's for an early dinner...they seated us in a booth right next to a woman with her 4 (yes 4) boys...now usually when Greg and I go out without kids, we don't like to sit next to kids but the restaurant was crowded and so we stayed...while we ordered our food and till the time we got our food, we did not hear a peep from those 4 boys...so, I turned around and told the mother that her children were well behaved...she in essence, told me that her children knew they had to behave when they were out or else...I told her that you don't see that too often nowdays and that I really gave her credit for raising good boys...she said that in addition to the boys, she also had a baby girl who was home with the grandma...
this is her story and I gave her a hug when she left and told her how proud I was of her...

she and her husband had been together since high school and had the 4 boys (they ranged in age of 9-3 maybe) and then she got pregnant with the baby (I think she said the baby was 2) and during her pregnancy they discovered she had breast cancer...her husband could not accept the diagnosis and LEFT her...he also quit paying child support...can you believe this??? so while she was pregnant and having to deal with breast cancer and having 4 boys, she finished up nursing school which she had already started...how cool is that??? you have to give this girl credit...she put off the cancer treatment till she graduated and got a good paying nursing job...the reason the baby was with the grandma cause the mom had just recently had the surgery and could not lift the baby...

I was totally in awe of this mom and I hope she knew how much I thought of her...not only dealing with 5 kids on her own, finishing school, dealing with breast cancer and having some of the best behaved children I have ever seen...that is an accomplishment...