Eat, watch tv, scream, take a bath, laugh, cry, run, walk, lock myself in a room, read a book, run away from home, go on vacation, yell, tickle my kids, pet my dog, hug someone, or sleep.
I do not even know which one of those is the most pressing at the moment, ever had one of those days?
And with that.....that is all......
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The Raising of Teenage Girls....
Well I have come upon a point that I was not ready for. My beautiful teenage girl has come to a place where she is looking to me to help her understand an unknown mystery......
THE TEENAGE BOY.......
After a fabulous evening at the military ball, and 10 hours straight of texting between the two of them the very next day, for some reason, unknown to all of us, he has quit communicating with her. She's perplexed. She has stepped so far out of her comfort zone with this young man, texting first, calling to ask him to the movies, buying him a valentines day card AND his favorite candy. But alas, nothing. No response texts, no to the movies and not so much as a thank you for the Valentine Card and Candy.
I'm torn between being several females here. First there is the teenage girl inside that remembers all too well what it feels like to be that girl that desperately just wants to noticed, wants desperately for him to think she's beautiful, and longs for him to just once hold her hand as they walk throught the school hallway. Second, there's the best friend girl that wants to take the young man and push him up against the wall and say "what are you thinking? Why are you ignoring my girl? Why did you give her the impression that you wanted to be her boyfriend and then leave her hanging?"
And last, but certainly not least, is the mom that says "honey, dating is not worth it right now, you need to focus on your grades, do not worry about boys or boyfriends or anything like that. There are more important things in life like being grounded in Christ."
While I want to wrap her in bubble wrap and protect her from all of the pain and heartache that comes along with dating and crushes and puppy love, I know that these things will happen whether I wrap her in bubble wrap or not. I am sure there is not enough bubble wrap in the world to protect her from heartache that will come, so with that in mind, I will choose to be the Mom who points her to the unfailing, everlasting, never changing, enduring, unconditional love that can only come from God.
And pray, lots of praying....and maybe many nights of ice cream, reese's peanut cups and girl talk.
It may be a bumpy ride....but I am looking forward to the journey....
THE TEENAGE BOY.......
After a fabulous evening at the military ball, and 10 hours straight of texting between the two of them the very next day, for some reason, unknown to all of us, he has quit communicating with her. She's perplexed. She has stepped so far out of her comfort zone with this young man, texting first, calling to ask him to the movies, buying him a valentines day card AND his favorite candy. But alas, nothing. No response texts, no to the movies and not so much as a thank you for the Valentine Card and Candy.
I'm torn between being several females here. First there is the teenage girl inside that remembers all too well what it feels like to be that girl that desperately just wants to noticed, wants desperately for him to think she's beautiful, and longs for him to just once hold her hand as they walk throught the school hallway. Second, there's the best friend girl that wants to take the young man and push him up against the wall and say "what are you thinking? Why are you ignoring my girl? Why did you give her the impression that you wanted to be her boyfriend and then leave her hanging?"
And last, but certainly not least, is the mom that says "honey, dating is not worth it right now, you need to focus on your grades, do not worry about boys or boyfriends or anything like that. There are more important things in life like being grounded in Christ."
While I want to wrap her in bubble wrap and protect her from all of the pain and heartache that comes along with dating and crushes and puppy love, I know that these things will happen whether I wrap her in bubble wrap or not. I am sure there is not enough bubble wrap in the world to protect her from heartache that will come, so with that in mind, I will choose to be the Mom who points her to the unfailing, everlasting, never changing, enduring, unconditional love that can only come from God.
And pray, lots of praying....and maybe many nights of ice cream, reese's peanut cups and girl talk.
It may be a bumpy ride....but I am looking forward to the journey....
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Busy, busy, busy....
That pretty much describes my life over the course of the past couple of days. It started with some bad weather last week that left me in traffic trying to get home for more than two hours (although I fared much better than some that were stuck for up to 7 hours).
Friday was Jacole's birthday party and her mom surprised her by coming in for the weekend. Saturday was "Wendy K" day. Her birthday is the 10th and we started celebrating by taking her to Easely Amused. What a blast that was. I will have to come back and post pictures of that later as they are all still currently on my cell phone.
After that started the preparation for the Military ball. Hannah and Jacole's first. And my girl Hannah has a date. Very sweet and cute young man named Curt. They has a blast and my daughter looked like a princess. She started the day in a pair of jeans and a flannel button down shirt and this was the finished product.
Wendy trasnformed my baby girl from the sweet adorable girl to the beautiful mature princess that you see above. I must say though, that my daughter had more product in her hair that night than I have ever had in my entire life. She kept putting more stuff in, including baby powder (who knew????). Now I know why Wendy looks glamorous every time I see her and why my routine takes 30 mintues, including showering and dressing. Ha.
Yesterday was my dad's surgery. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. Thankfully it was caught VERY early and they removed his prostate yesterday. Prognosis is excellent. They are confident it had not spread, they removed the lymph nodes as well and we expect him to go home tomorrow and be back to his engineering self in no time. Thank YOU God for the peace you provided throught this entire experience. Relying on YOU and nothing else is an amazing feeling.
Things should slow down a bit now (I hope)....
Have a blessed day....
Friday was Jacole's birthday party and her mom surprised her by coming in for the weekend. Saturday was "Wendy K" day. Her birthday is the 10th and we started celebrating by taking her to Easely Amused. What a blast that was. I will have to come back and post pictures of that later as they are all still currently on my cell phone.
After that started the preparation for the Military ball. Hannah and Jacole's first. And my girl Hannah has a date. Very sweet and cute young man named Curt. They has a blast and my daughter looked like a princess. She started the day in a pair of jeans and a flannel button down shirt and this was the finished product.
Yesterday was my dad's surgery. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. Thankfully it was caught VERY early and they removed his prostate yesterday. Prognosis is excellent. They are confident it had not spread, they removed the lymph nodes as well and we expect him to go home tomorrow and be back to his engineering self in no time. Thank YOU God for the peace you provided throught this entire experience. Relying on YOU and nothing else is an amazing feeling.
Things should slow down a bit now (I hope)....
Have a blessed day....
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