Training Wheels

I told our daughter yesterday to think of her father and I as training wheels. That she would need us to help her from falling. We will help to guide her but that she doesn't have to "lean" on us unless she needs us and that we are always there. But there will come that time when she will have to take them off and have to "ride" on her own. Doesn't mean she has to throw away the training wheels. Well, maybe I will keep them close. A mother is never too far away. I like to think you need your mother for the rest of your life. :) But coming from a teenager, they think they can do it on their own. That is why I tried to show her that we are there but she doesn't have to completely lean on us for everything.  

my wordle

I read about this from someone else and went and tried it out. It is soooo coool! Check it out. www.wordle.net You put in random words (I used this blog) and it will create a random picture. The more you use the word, the larger it is in the picture. Check mine out here. I guess I talked alot about school! LOL

Life as a mom in 2010…….. Simply Chaotic!

Life as a mom in 2010…….. Simply Chaotic! Sometimes I think my head is going to spin right off my neck. 

I have three children of my own. Two daughters Briana, 16; Mady, 8; and a little man, Wyatt, 5. We recently had to take Mady out of school and homeschool her. That in itself is a challenge. My husband is a stay at home Dad and I am a full time Graphic Designer, so he is the one that teaches her most of the time. She has always had problems with school. Branden, my husband, and I felt she was slipping through the cracks and not getting the attention she deserves. She was being overlooked by the public school. We decided to leave the other two in public school. With Briana being a junior in high school and Wyatt being in pre-k and loving it. Not that we won’t change that decision, but it is nice to know we have that option.

With that said….we have takin’ in a 17 year old troubled teenager.  She has been with us for 3 weeks now. I used to question our ability to parent.  Now I really question my ability! For a couple of years now the Lord had placed this heaviness on my heart for children, more specific, troubled teens. I thought well maybe we should be a foster parent. The need is so great for them. That rolled around in my head for quite some time and then this girl fell into our lives. I truly believe the Lord is testing us. Are we passing? Or are we failing tremendously? I have questioned that everyday. I teeter totter back and forth. One day I will go to bed and tell Branden “I think I can see some change in her…for the better.” Then the next day I lay down with a big sigh and say “What should we do? I don’t think we are helping her!” We have definitely had our challenges and we couldn’t have done it with out God’s guidance.