I love my daughters with all my heart. But at times they are the most trying experiences I have ever had. They surely keep me on my toes thinking and on my knees praying. With the fast approaching graduation of my oldest I sit back and wonder where all the time as went. I feels , when your carrying your precious child that the pregnancy will last forever.. Yet from the moment they breathe their first breathe of life on this planet life runs in fast forward. I know lots of little moments escape our day to day views because most people are trying desperately to make it to the next moment..
Yet with all the heartache that comes from parenting their is immense joy. I have often been told that without knowing sorrow you can never truly understand joy.. and that is a lot like raising a family.. You spend years teaching your child to learn to talk, and walk on their own. Then once they start making choices, and assert Independence from you it strikes a cord of fear within your heart. Not fear of them growing up , but the fear of being hurt, and as their mother their protector you learn you have to let go..
My children have been my whole existence since they came into existence as a baby growing inside my womb, yet now as they slowly turn into young women before my very eyes . I am learning to let go, and let them depend on their own brains and stand accountable to their Heavenly Father .So living in a house of teenagers has truly taught me what true atonement is all about. For my children are not perfect, they do not always make the choices that I think is right but I will always love them no matter what they do. I am so blessed to have them in my life and no matter where they go or whom they become I will always be in their corner..
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Living Life with a House full of Teenagers
I love my daughters with all my heart. But at times they are the most trying experiences I have ever had. They surely keep me on my toes thinking and on my knees praying. With the fast approaching graduation of my oldest I sit back and wonder where all the time as went. I feels , when your carrying your precious child that the pregnancy will last forever.. Yet from the moment they breathe their first breathe of life on this planet life runs in fast forward. I know lots of little moments escape our day to day views because most people are trying desperately to make it to the next moment..
Yet with all the heartache that comes from parenting their is immense joy. I have often been told that without knowing sorrow you can never truly understand joy.. and that is a lot like raising a family.. You spend years teaching your child to learn to talk, and walk on their own. Then once they start making choices, and assert Independence from you it strikes a cord of fear within your heart. Not fear of them growing up , but the fear of being hurt, and as their mother their protector you learn you have to let go..
My children have been my whole existence since they came into existence as a baby growing inside my womb, yet now as they slowly turn into young women before my very eyes . I am learning to let go, and let them depend on their own brains and stand accountable to their Heavenly Father .So living in a house of teenagers has truly taught me what true atonement is all about. For my children are not perfect, they do not always make the choices that I think is right but I will always love them no matter what they do. I am so blessed to have them in my life and no matter where they go or whom they become I will always be in their corner..
Yet with all the heartache that comes from parenting their is immense joy. I have often been told that without knowing sorrow you can never truly understand joy.. and that is a lot like raising a family.. You spend years teaching your child to learn to talk, and walk on their own. Then once they start making choices, and assert Independence from you it strikes a cord of fear within your heart. Not fear of them growing up , but the fear of being hurt, and as their mother their protector you learn you have to let go..
My children have been my whole existence since they came into existence as a baby growing inside my womb, yet now as they slowly turn into young women before my very eyes . I am learning to let go, and let them depend on their own brains and stand accountable to their Heavenly Father .So living in a house of teenagers has truly taught me what true atonement is all about. For my children are not perfect, they do not always make the choices that I think is right but I will always love them no matter what they do. I am so blessed to have them in my life and no matter where they go or whom they become I will always be in their corner..
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