A turning point?
Looks like my kid (the laddie boy) is turning a corner. After struggling with his ‘friends’ and their unseemly influence on him, it looks like he’s getting his arse out of his head.
Just spoke with him and he sounds like his old self. Funny, inspired and optimistic. It’s a rollercoaster ride when your kids are a certain age and I don’t envy anyone with toddlers or school age children. Still, once your kids have passed the adolescent craziness, you’ve got young adulthood,which is no walk in the park. Remember when you thought you knew everything? Yeah, the twenties. No one knows more than you. You’re ‘grown’ as they like to tell you. Hell to the NO, Bobby Brown! You don’t know jack doodly squat. You’re still finding out that life does not go your way sometimes, no matter how hard you work and no matter how positive you are…sometimes you’ve got to just slog through with your head held high. This is what I’ve imparted to my kids. We’re all gonna screw up, but it’s how we grow from those challenges.
You can raise your children the same way, with the same values and one of ‘em’s gonna think they know it all and they’re gonna screw it up. It’s their experience to experience.
Being a parent is tough because you’ve got to be mentally and spiritually strong enough to let go. This past month has been a real trial for me due to that fact. I’ve finally let go of the reins. The inclination to pick ‘em back up is powerful, believe me. Very powerful.
With so much happening in my life I can’t stand still. My feet need to keep moving me forward. My soul craves growth, so I can’t deny it. The lad understands that and he’s doing his best to learn to respect himself and others in a different way. He’s growing. I just need to keep adding water.