PATIENCE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS I TRULY LACK. HONESTLY, I HATE IT!! I WANT THINGS DONE AND I WANT THEM DONE NOW! BUT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT I AM IN TRUE NEED OF IT. THAT IS NOT TO BE SAID THAT THERE ARE NOT OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. IN ORDER TO HAVE PATIENCE I BELIEVE ONE MUST HAVE GRACE, HUMILITY, AND MOST OF ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT...LOVE. ALL THESE THINGS INTER-TWINE TOGETHER AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
YESTERDAY MY SON HAD A FRIEND WHOM GOT SLOPPY/SCARY WASTED DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT WAS CLOSE TO ALCOHOL POISONING, AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD HANDLE AN ADULT SITUATION EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CHILDREN. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT, AND I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT THEY LEARNED THEIR LESSON. BUT THAT'S NOT MY POINT, OF COURSE THERE IS MORE TO MY STORY. SEE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOY WHO DID THIS, AND HE HAS BEEN DOING STUPID STUFF LIKE THIS FOR AWHILE NOW. AND I FINALLY GOT TO SPEAK WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE BOY IS MAD, HE'S PISSED AT THE WORLD THINKING THAT EVERYONE "HAS EVERYTHING AND HE HAS NOTHING". THIS IS WHAT OUR WORLD HAS COME TO, JUDGEMENT OF A LIFE BY A 1 SECOND PICTURE. THESE KIDS THINK THAT, "IF A PERSON IS SMILING IN A PICTURE THEY MUST BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME". BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE AND I THINK ADULTS ARE GUILTY OF THAT ALSO. WE ARE JUDGING PEOPLE'S LIVES BY A 1 SECOND PICTURE AND THEN COMPARING IT TO OUR DAILY, MINUTE BY MINUTE LIVES. WE CAN'T DO THAT!!!! BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO THAT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR LIVES BACK!!! IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN BACK!!!
I THINK THESE KIDS ARE TESTING PARENTS TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THEM. AND WE ARE FAILING THEM. I'M GUILTY OF IT. MY OLDEST SON DID THE SAME THING AND WE KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE JUST LUCKY THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO TAKE HIM IN AND SEE THAT HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS YOUNG AND HONESTLY I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO RAISE NATE BECAUSE I WAS A CHILD MYSELF. NATE AND I ARE 16 YEARS APART, WE ADOPTED HIM WHEN HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD. HE IS MY BIOLOGICAL NEPHEW (MY SISTER'S SON) BUT MY TRUE SON. AND OF ALL PEOPLE TO DISAPPOINT HIM BY KICKING HIM OUT WAS ME. I HAVE SO MUCH SHAME. I ASKED HIM FOR FORGIVENESS AND HE DID GRANT IT, BUT THE DAMAGE IS DONE. I CAN ONLY BUILD IT UP FROM THERE.
MY POINT IS PARENTS YOU GET ONE CHANCE AT THIS PARENTING THING. DO YOUR BEST. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR PRIDE AND "BEING RIGHT". TEACH YOUR CHILDREN LOVE, GRACE, HUMILITY, AND PATIENCE. GOD BLESS
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