Is it annoying?

Can you talk about your children too much? Can you be so proud you annoy people? I'm quite certain you can. I can't remember a specific example of someone annoying me because they gloated too much about their perfect children but I often wonder if I do that to others.

I'm a parent. Aren't I supposed to believe my children are perfect? Or at least, mostly perfect? I love being a mom. I love the people my children are becoming. And when complete strangers complement me about them, how can I NOT gush with pride? I don't take all the credit for the good traits in them. I know a vast majority of it is luck.

I get annoyed at the stupid facebook posts about "if you love your daughter" or "son" or "if you have given things up as a parent and love your children". DUH!! Of course I love my daughter and my son more than life and have given things up and received love back 10-fold. Do I need to tell you that on a facebook status? Can you not see it in the faces of my children?

I fully understand parenthood is not in the cards for everyone too. Whether by choice or by nature or by God's will. Their journey is just a different one. For some, the love they would give to a child is given to furry family member. For others, they give of themselves in other ways.

And then there are the fools who are blessed with fruit of their loins and either don't want them, don't care, or don't know HOW to love them the way they should.

I've seen the parents who push their children to become what they didn't. I've seen the parents who kinda try but don't really encourage or support their children...for whatever reason. I've also seen the parents who want only to be the child's "buddy" and forget to be the parent. Are any of us doing it "right"? We all know there is no manual. God blesses you with these little beings and says, "Here! Give it your best shot!" And so we do. Each of us in our own way, either copying what our parents did, or doing the opposite. Hopefully, learning from what we were taught, taking the good parts and making the rest better. 

I have watched these 2 little people that grew within my womb learn to walk, talk, run, spell, add, subtract, do calculus, and become phenomenal people.  I've never wanted for them to become something I didn't....but very much wish I had been half as inspiring and confident as they already are.

So, what do you think? Can a parent gloat too much?