2 posts tagged “growing up”

Yes, my friends it has been awhile!  Let's just say that I had some personal things and changes come up and had to take a break!  But I'm back, in charge, and ready to write once again!

Ahhhhhhh teens!  Yes, they're fun aren't they?  Well sure they can be, but sometimes they can also be trouble!

Think about what they are feeling though.  At this age they have discovered their self independence and want to be a little more independent now.  They start to push us parents away and don't talk to us as much or maybe they don't give us as many hugs and kisses as they used to.  That's OK, this is all normal.  They can't be your little baby forever.

It drives you crazy how they act.  It drives you crazy how secretive they are.  It drives you crazy how they dress.  Etc....

Hey, we have all been teenagers.  Think back to how you were.  I'm sure that you weren't perfect and I'm also sure that you can take the lessons that you learned from your own experiences as a teen, good and bad, and use those lessons to help raise your own.

I'm glad to be back and writing......

Until next time!

So my 21 year old son tells me that he's asked his new girlfriend to marry him.  Of course the first thought in my mind is "OH GOD NO!".....He hasn't even known her for a year yet and he's already living with her already!  Argh!!  I'm totally thinking that he's really lost his mind!  Why would anyone at his age get married and to a girl that he hardly even knows? 

Well, I gave him my opinion.  You know what he said? 

"Mom, I'm 21 years old and you can't tell me what to do anymore!"

Yea, he put me in my place that day.....I mean who am I to tell him how to live his life? 

First off, he didn't' ask for my opinion.  Secondly, I was married and living with someone that I hardly knew at one time in my life.  And last, but not least, this is my son who is 21 and has been clean for almost 4 years now.....who turned his life around and changed for the better!

Now, who am I to think twice about my son making the right decision....He's grown up, he's managing an Italian restaurant, he's taking care of his fiance's little girl like she is his own, and he's making a very big adult decision, by waiting a year or more before they actually take that step called marriage....

If anything, I am proud of him!  Will I give him my opinion from now on? 

Only if he asks me for it!

Joshua

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