Comments on The Bayou Belles and Their Beau: The Hard Stuff

Such a good post. I'm already forgetting, and...

2010-02-14T16:42:34.010-06:00

Such a good post. I'm already forgetting, and mine's only 4. I can't imagine how bad it's going to be as she gets older.

I honestly wish that I could read your post and sa...

2010-02-09T22:18:54.666-06:00

I honestly wish that I could read your post and say "huh, I have no idea what she means" but I can't. With a challenging 16 year old under my roof and all that comes with her, I know how you feel. I long to go back to the days when she would look up lovingly at me and smile those sweet toothless smiles and say "read it again, mommy".

Will she come back to me? I often wonder, but I keep lifting her up to her Heavenly Father in prayer as her earthly father and I do the best we can day by day.

I am standing on the edge with you. I am holding ...

2010-02-09T14:27:40.667-06:00

I am standing on the edge with you. I am holding them tighter and tighter each day. I cleaned Action's Saints helmet tattoo off his cheek last night using baby oil. I kissed his newly cleaned cheek with the intention of sending him to his room for bedtime. Smelling the baby oil on his cheek, I was overwhelmed with memories of his little baby head. I made him sit in my lap so I could cuddle him and re-live that smell. Ordinarily he wouldn't sit in my lap like that, but he was so sleepy that I got away with it.

Ahhh, you hit the nail right on the head! Sometime...

2010-02-09T13:34:52.388-06:00

Ahhh, you hit the nail right on the head! Sometimes I wonder if an alien has come and taken my sweet daughter and replaced her with some crazy creature that I've never seen before. My mom says that they normalize again sometime around 15 or 16...

Ok...why'd you have to go and make me cry?!? T...

2010-02-09T13:29:43.125-06:00

Ok...why'd you have to go and make me cry?!? Thanks for the reminder to enjoy these sweet simpler times.

Ah....I remember those days. Having walked your j...

2010-02-09T12:33:18.902-06:00

Ah....I remember those days. Having walked your journey already...my kids are 22 and 19, there is only t his I can say: Parenting is not....nor has it ever been...nor will it ever be....easy. Realizing the job bestowed upon you (us) is to take a tiny human being and to mold them into God-loving, productive adults, the only thing you can do is your "very best." Teaching the love and principals of God, teaching responsibility, discipline, self-control are all important...there are many "other skills" gut you get my drift. No, you will not get it perfect....just do your very best. No, your kids will probably not adhere to everything you teach them....but they are just like us...humans with the ability to make choices. Hold fast to the Scriptures and know they will be fine.

Today, I sit back and one of my greatest joys in life is seeing how my two kids have "flown from the nest" and are soaring through the skies. No, I wasn't the perfect parent...would love to go back and do a lot of stuff different but you know what? Doesn't matter because they turned out just fine....and the weaknesses I see....I'm confident our Lord in Heaven can take care of those things....in them...and in me!

On a different note....I'm looking forward to the Grandparenting years....that's payback time...LOL.

Who gave you permission to get all up in my day an...

2010-02-09T11:27:46.730-06:00

Who gave you permission to get all up in my day and make me teary eyed?!!! I mean, I've got stuff to do!

I am glad that someone else is willing to admit "forgetting." Thanks for reminding me to enjoy the moments.

Who gave you permission to make me all teary-eyed ...

2010-02-09T11:25:49.437-06:00

Who gave you permission to make me all teary-eyed today?!! I mean, I've got stuff to do!

I am so glad that someone else admitted to not remembering. Thanks for reminding me to enjoy the moments.

Kudos to you for digging in your heels and working...

2010-02-09T10:40:16.612-06:00

Kudos to you for digging in your heels and working through the tough stuff! One of these days......you will be glad you did!
This world needs more parents like you, who are willing to fight FOR their child instead of fight WITH their child.
Keep it up!

My babies aren't even double digits yet and I&...

2010-02-09T10:13:37.153-06:00

My babies aren't even double digits yet and I'm already questioning parenting "skills". I keep asking for Mercy because I KNOW I just KNOW I'll need storages of it when Butter turns tween/teen. I keep hoping that having my son be so stubborn now might work to my advantage later...
I could be wrong, but I'm hoping, for THIS I'm not.

This is so touching...me too...no forgetting! -Fr...

2010-02-09T09:33:16.075-06:00

This is so touching...me too...no forgetting!

-FringeGirl

I'm bawling!!! I was reading this to Darren th...

2010-02-09T08:35:24.996-06:00

I'm bawling!!! I was reading this to Darren this morning and was literally bawling trying to get through it.

I know EXACTLY how you feel... especially lately! And I know our daughters are around the same age. I've been hugging them harder and longer these days hoping to imprint the feeling of their hug in my mind forever hoping to be able to help the hug linger in my arms as long as it can. I've been telling them that I love them hundreds of times a day hoping they will never ever forget even when I might have to be hard on them later if they disobey. And having the boys at ages 4 and 2 seems to have heightened everything even more as I look at them and barely remember the girls at their ages... so I end up hugging them and loving on them extra as well... time flies too fast...

I don't want to ever forget, too...

Praying for you, Mama Belle. They will thank you f...

2010-02-09T08:27:24.154-06:00

Praying for you, Mama Belle. They will thank you for your teachings later on. I wasn't the easiest child to raise, but now I look back and thank God that I had the parents I did who raised me in His house.

oh my heart hurts for you today because I know exa...

2010-02-09T08:11:40.045-06:00

oh my heart hurts for you today because I know exactly what you are talking about. Those teen years can feel like they are going to kill you! But the good news is soon, that child you love comes back and the relationship you have is amazing. Hold on...keep doing the tough parenting....and keep handing them over to God!

I know just how you feel. I wanted to tell you a...

2010-02-09T08:03:51.518-06:00

I know just how you feel.

I wanted to tell you about a Wonderful book I just started reading by Lysa TerKeurst called, "Am I Messing Up My Kids?" This book really hits home with me and calms the Good Mom / Bad Mom thoughts.

I highly recommend it!

Have a great day!