Being a Parent

Being a parent is not easy.  It is the most rewarding task but its not easy.  Being a parent is sometimes not being there friend and making them unhappy when you care about them so much.

For example my 16 year old daughter asks if she can go over to a friend of a friend of her friend Coral's house to watch movies.  Well I don't know this person and I need details, so I start asking questions.  The more I asked the more she wasn't happy.  I wanted this kid's parent's phone number so I could verify that all this was alright and that there would be parents present.  That is when she went off and said that she wouldn't go and that she would be one of those loser kids not going anywhere cool.  All because I wanted to call the parents.  She finally said that she didn't want to go maybe because she didn't want to be around her friend Coral.  Seriously.......

I know this isn't finished.  I know this kind of thing will come up again but I have to be the parent.  I do what I do because I love her and care about her.

A 17 step-son who has a disconnect in his head and doesn't think things through to make better choices who has been sitting in jail since Friday and gets out tomorrow at 6:00 am because he wasn't where he said he would be when his PO came by to check on him.

A 16 year old daughter who so badly wants to come and go and drive but doesn't have a job yet to help pay for the insurance.  Who compares herself to others and therefore is constantly disappointed because her friends and others around her have things given to them.

A 13 year old boy who is in between of growing up, learning who he is and still being a little guy at times. The stage that now it's too cool to hug or kiss me.....but does come around eventually :)

A 11 year old little girl who trys so hard to be like her older sister and wants so much to be a big kid....but she is my baby and I have to "sit on her" at times to get her to slow down and be a kid.

I know one thing is for sure I can't be a parent without God's help.  He is what gets me through all of these moments and then some.

Being a parent isn't easy on your own but it can be done with God's help.