Friday, July 28, 2017

The mother Experience


As I was browsing through my posts I found this one written a few years ago, 2019 to be exact, but not published! hmmm.... I realize today, now that "raising" them is over, I've repented of some of my mindsets as I watch my grandchildren step into the "teenage hood"


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Is there a name for the "chemical reaction" a mother experiences while raising her kids? 
               

So proud of them: (I don't even like the word proud anymore, I really try to avoid it. I am pleased with the gift of my children though)
their giftings, their character, their accomplishments, and even their beauty. (I avoided showing off how blessed I was to have such great kids, but now, I'll shout it on the mountain tops, children are a great gift from God!and mine are the best 😍)

Argh! but those short comings, those areas they fail to take care of.  (Argh again! Why did I stress about their short comings? God has always been right there with them, guiding them along and loving them as he does me)

Oh my! they like to come to the kitchen counter and talk about their lives and whats in their heart....with me. (Oh yes! GUESS WHAT? My adult children and I enjoy our kitchen counter talks still!)

Heavy sigh! I don't ever remember being like that! Where do these kids get their ideas???? (Thank You God for your living Word) 

(Raising teens takes you from reflections to resolutions and resignations all in one afternoon. This next note was evidence of that rollercoaster ride)

Last night I determined that today I would take care of my daily life first and quickly so that I could spend some time in my writing.  I said to myself nobody will steal my day and time.  
I was moving along almost done, when I walked past my teens room and that almost stopped me in my tracks, rerouted my good intentions and maybe lose the teaching opportunity with my teen.  So I stopped to consider my options, his options. (I wonder if I was productive in my writing that day?)


 Teens live from uneventful stagnant endless moments to dramatic explosive episodes.  Boredom➡ messy room➡awkward transitions ➡love fantasies➡character issues➡problems with authority➡anger/depression/lonliness➡
An endless list (Wow! I wonder why I only mentioned the dark side of teen life? Teens also have wonderful beautiful victories. Struggles🠚Successes. Aloneness🠚Friendships. Ashes🠚Beauty. Anxiety🠚Peace. Satan🠚Jesus)



Wondering what to do? When to do it? Why we should do it? and
finally, when action is gonna happen, how do we do it?
Of course, most of the time, I feel that I'm gonna mess up, I'm gonna do something wrong....

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Well into my fourth teen, I'm so glad, that God reminds me I cannot do this alone. (And I didn't, all along was my husband, their dad, but more important was Father God, who is a perfect parent.)

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