(This blog is written with a heart of humor…I hope you read it with one as well!)
They say confession is good for the soul, so maybe Tom and I should just say it! We laugh at you! ….I mean with you!
All you younger-than-us parents with little Dennis the Menaces. All those cute little tantrums and fat crocodile tears. The bouncing a ball off the brothers head for no reason…we are rolling!
We’ve been there and done that… and survived! And you will too!
Our resident wisdom-speaker Shirley has birthed a hashtag amongst the inner-circle. #WWSS. What Would Shirley Say? Let’s say it together… “These are the best years of your life!”
I love your little monsters!
But I also love talking to my older-than-us friends. They have adult children they still want to choke out at times! They wonder if they messed up raising their babies. Too much mommy-ing? Not enough responsibility? But yet, they are so clearly proud of them at the same time!
Parenting is hard!
Today is a first for me! The first day to ever be Mom of three teenagers. Let’s say it together… “these are the best years of my life!” One day, we are actually fairly smart, and the next, we are dumber than dirt. One minute, a big man-child is cuddling in the middle of our bed, and the next, a door is slamming…(OK, that would be me!)
Parenting has always been hard. Good grief! The first ever parents’ kid killed their other kid. Noah had a disrespectful brat. Poor Isaac couldn’t even see and his kid was taking advantage of him! Eli had the worst PKs in history. Descriptions in various translations for them are scoundrels, worthless, wicked! Yikes!
Parenting is hard!
I wish I was wise like Shirley! I wish I could give all of us parents the perfect words of advice. But alas, I am no Shirley! But the whole passage Paul writes, about being content in all circumstances, is bouncing around in my mind. There is something there for us. To be content no matter what season of parenting we find ourselves in. Don’t wish the diapers away. Enjoy the messes and mayhem. Embrace the challenges. Laugh at the lunacy. Pray for wisdom.
Plus there is hope! Grandchildren! Shirley now says those are the best years of your life!