My Prayer For You

I pray.....

 you find what you are looking for.

May the road not be too rough.

May you see that I have only love for you,

even though that is not enough.

 

Your spirit is wild and free,

it cannot be confined.

Make those dreams realities,

that now only exist in your mind.

 

You've left me once again,

to live life your own way.

My rules and expectations

were too much to make you stay.

 

I will always be right here for  you,

on that you can depend.

My love for you had a beginning,

but believe me, it has no end.

 

Watching one of our children go out into this world and try to figure it out on their own is so hard.  Especially when they go about it in a way that we cannot wrap our heads around.  Seeing myself in one of my own children, and seeing it as a challenge for them is hard.  How do you direct a child to do something that you yourself had such a struggle doing yourself.  I feel like such a hypocrit because I know how I was at the age of 21.   We all need to live our own lives and make our own mistakes.  I know this and believe it.  So why is it so hard to sit back and let my kids figure life out for themselves?  It is so natural as a mother to not want our children to suffer.  But what happens when all of your attempts and suggestions fall on deaf ears?  I have 3 more sons to watch go through their late teens and early 20's and I am not going to lie, I am scared to death.  I just wish I could look into a crystal ball and see that all 4 of my boys make it through these tough years, come out on the other end with maybe a few scatches and bruises (because we all need those in order to understand life completely) but with their heads on straight and a good understanding of the direction they are headed in.  What parent wouldn't love that?

I love you GRP!!!!