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| Well we got rain again tonight, probably more lightening than rain but it wet the ground pretty good anyway. Matt put his application in at 3 more places today, all of them said they needed help so hopefully he will get a job soon. Jerry has to work all night tonight so I will be heading to bed in a little bit here, I never sleep very good when he isn't in the bed with me even thought he is right downstairs. A friend (Barbara actually) sent me a mail today that said "Friends are Angels who lift our feet when our own wings have forgotten how to fly." That is just so true and here lately I have needed my friends to lift my feet. Parenting is so hard some times especially when you have a kid that is very strong willed and doesn't want to mind. It just makes it hard on the whole family to have to deal with the daily stuff that comes up. Plus I have a relative that I love very much that is very ill and my wish would be that I could make him better but I don't have that power. And his wife who is like a mother to me will be alone when he is gone. We live so far from them, to far. I know she has lots of friends, they have lots of friend but I want to be there for her but I just don't know how well my family will get along without me here to manage things and I don't know if she would come to GA for a while but I just don't want her to be alone or lonely. I know that is a part of getting older and a part of life but it is the part I don't have answers for and the part I can't fix and I like to fix things, to make everything right. He is doing better tonight, he is in the hospital but he had a fairly good day today which really makes me happy. But then we had some neighbors come talk to us about our wild child and some things she hasn't been telling us the truth about and here we thought her behavior had really improved in the last few months but what we found out is she is just getting better at hiding what she isn't suppose to be doing and better at not telling the truth. Maybe we expected to much to soon from her, maybe we gave her to much freedom, maybe we just wanted to believe she was acting better, at any rate the doors have tightened and the freedom is gone. And we are left feeling like really terrible parents that are running out of answers. The boys are so easy and even at 17 and 19 mind so well, guess God is giving us a test with this one, I sure hope in the end we can pass it. I sure hope we are good enough parents that this one turns out a good kid with a good life in her future. |
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posted by mouse @ 11:03 PM
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i raised 4 children and operated on the knowledge that they might do any thing. they usually did.
Well, for one she's a girl. And the times are so bad now if you got two raised right then you are doing good. I know that doesn't help and I'm sure you are distressed over her behavior. Just pray that she will turn herself around.
Mouse believe me I know how you feel & Mama can tell you its true. All you can do is what you think is best when it comes to kids. Your daughter is accountable for her own actions now, meaning she knows right from wrong. You really have to pray daily that God gives you discernment and look to Him for guidance. Oh it will get worse before it gets better. Pray for protection ALL the time for her. When you feel there is nothing left to do but pray, then praying is the BEST thing you can do! Does that make sense? The same thing for your relative & his wife. When you cant do anything else..Pray because prayer is THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO!! Yes I repeated myself...it's good advice! I'll pray for you too!
Thanks guys, I will pray. Probably haven't done enough of that in my life anyway. I have spent a lot of time being really mad at God and thinking I didn't need his help but as I have gotten older I have understood things better and lately have really been thinking about getting back in church. Yall,s advice is good.
Oh Mouse I do hope you will look for a church home. it would be good for you. Life is not a gift it is a trust. A gift you can do what you want with it. A trust you have to be accountable for what you do with it. We will all be accountable to HIM one day for how we lived our life. God didnt give us our life to do with what ever we want. He made us to glorify Him. It is our free choice but that is our purpose to bring glory to Him. How do we do that? Oh now that is where living for God gets interesting! It is different for all of us how we are to do that, but we can do it in ALL that we do! The GIFT is was His blood!
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