I have yet to be asked if my kids are my own. Though someone did ask my husband once if our kids and his nephews were all his. Now, people just assume that my twenty-something sons are my…siblings.

Maybe my sons will have kids one day, and I will get asked if they’re mine. Probably not, though. Probably I’ll still get dirty looks. Which leads me back to…I’m breaking that cycle. Every parent needs a little encouragement once in a while, no matter how old they look!