Judy turned 15 when Taylor Swift had the hit "15". Ironic? Nope. Fate!
It freaks me out that she will have her temps in a couple of months. Will I need a helmet? Will she watch the road when she is cruising around with her friends? So much to consider as she races towards adult hood.
As all mothers of teenage girls know there are times that you wonder how some storms developed. "Who are you, and where is my daughter?" And so the problems are out of the way, this is why I think that she will survive.
Judy was born talking. Not yakking but talking. You may think I'm crazy, but I know that she said hi to me when she was 2 weeks old. To this day she can explain herself in any situation. I have never made a choice for her. I have given her plenty of choices though. ( Do you want to clean your room or would you rather clean the bathrooms?) She saw the benefit of making the right choices quickly.
Some may think that I am wrong about this. My thinking is that If God won't make choices for us who am I to make choices for anybody else? I much prefer to help and guide her into making right choices. Sometimes I have had to tell her what to do (move away from the street) and I have made some of her choices more difficult ( milk or water for dinner?) but I have not controlled her.
I have also had to give her a dose of vitamin N. No I can't drive you all over town. No you and your friends can't sleep on the trampoline it's 5 below out there! No I won't spend the house payment on a shopping spree at Beachwood Place!!!
As she approaches her sweet 16 I am relaxing more and more about her future. I see her making mostly right choices. Not only am I relieved but I find myself impressed by her grace and understanding. She genuinely cares. Thank God!
I am writing this post so that in years to come she will know that no matter what, she has been a blessing to me the majority of the time. I can also show it to her when she is mad at me for seeming to take her sisters side. This post is not a brag fest. It is a reenforcement for future encouragement, witnessed by you!
I would also like to encourage everybody to write about how they appreciate there children and let them find it! Parenting is sometimes more opinion than fact (grey areas) and I know that 100 people can agree with me but if only one does no,t I will lament over it. Perhaps that is where I grow. After all, I am the one who wrote an article on how it is right to be wrong!
Thanks for reading,
Suzy Levi
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