Teenage years, Do not worry!

Being a mom is wild isn’t? It’s so amazing and scary. It seems if you really stop and think for a minute how much you are shaping their lives, you can fall over with anxiety.

So that’s why don’t think too deep about your every move with your child! 

I think the most important thing is to allow your child to explore and guide them. Train them. But don’t micromanage them.  Allow them to be the person God created them and the parent God created you to be.  So with that being said of course I can fret about the teenage years with Riley who is absolutely beautiful, but when my mom says ‘ Oh you just wait… You get twice back what you gave to me.” I chuckle for a minute and then think, But mom I’ve got God, so no matter what happens it will be ok. 

Do you think that’s naive thinking?

My mother in law has said the same thing, “ Just wait til the teenage years!” (Which knowing the things Eric did in high school compared to me made him a saint!) But that’s not the point.   

I’ll give my mom credit.  I had an entire year during high school where I was a nightmare teenager.( Maybe at some point I'll talk about that time in my life)  I went beyond the normal defiance’s. And of course each person’s circumstances shape the choices they make, yet they were my own choices and I have long said Sorry and been forgiven for that horrible year.  But I do not believe because I gave my parents hell that Riley will give it to me worse… I do not deny the teenage years will be a challenge, but what stage of parenting isn’t? Do you think that if you gave your parents hell during the teenage years you will get it back worse? 

What I’ve learned with my brother being so sick, is life is gonna have very hard moments, the truth is Sin.  Our world is covered with it. It’s how we get through those moments and rely on Gods strength. I also know that I have someone else to help get through those years… my husband!  So it goes with not worrying again doesn’t it? I mean why should I sit and worry about how the teenage years will be, when I can give it to God, who has said he will take care of me and my burdens.  His love is so deep.  So today I can enjoy Riley throwing her tantrums that last 2 seconds instead of thinking about watching her tanturms at 16 of slamming doors and yelling I hate you.. So today I rest in knowing God’s love never fails even through the teenage years J