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4:53:00 AM EDT
Feeling Sad
Pierced noses, modeling agencies, and a new horse
I really feel like crying.
Wise and alert Dear Readers may note that merely two of the last ten entries have been personal ones...all the others have been references. I don't get as many comments on references, but I put them in anyway. For one thing, it is a way for me to keep track of information I want. Rachael, our beloved writer's critic, once chided me for "sorta interesting entries." HEHEHE
The truth is that things are "lively" around here right now, and I tend to hide behind impersonal entries when I am highly stressed.
Mandy came home with her nose pierced. I would not be quite as upset about it had she not lied to me about where she was going (church) and where she went (a very seedy part of the next town over, alone, at night). She has been pushing the envelope lately. Since she turned eighteen she thinks she is an adult, but she isn't. I have to walk such a fine line between wanting to stomp my foot and say "BECAUSE I SAID SO, THAT'S WHY!!!" and still honor her desire for more freedom. Still, if she lives here she needs to follow our rules. This is a home, not a hotel. Her nose is her own body, and I respect that, but keeping curfews is my business. I am her mom, and I need to know where she is and when she is coming back.
Parenting is not for sissies.
A modeling agency approached Tabitha when she was at an amusement park. They seem to be legitimate. Now I have to decide if it is best for our family for us to be involved with this.
Dakota Gold turned out to be too much of a hand full for the girls, so we declined to keep the lease on her (she kicks). We are now leasing Strawberry, a sweet tobiano Paint mare. Pictures will soon follow.
Tabitha has started babysitting three days a week. After one week she is exhausted and wants to quit. Guess who will be babysitting, I fear?
Mandy is also being a nanny to twin six month old babies.
Life is lively.
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WEll kas...your right she is 18 however if she is wanting to make certain decisions but yet still live with you ...nope can't have her cake and eat it too...If she lives under your roof and your supporting her then she needs to respect your rules.
Remind her that being an adult also means paying rent,utilies etc....She can't pick and chooses which rules she wants to obey...
just my opionion...
Your getting into the hard part...of parenting...at least I felt it was the hard part..
I eventually had to tell my son he had to get out and get a job and find his own place...He wanted to live here like it was a hotel..and he constanly tested me..
It was the hardest then I had to do... He cryed and begged to stay but I said no I have given you many chances its time to grow up.. After he left I cryed...
But now he is married and tells me it made him realize how good he had it and made him mature...
Donna In TEXAS -
hugs!!!! Nicole is 18 and is trying to spread her wings but in very inapprpriate ways. It is so hard to stand back and watch. I have decided that when safety is an issue or if it goes against my religious beliefs, or does not fit in with our family, then I will step in. Very hard to stand back and watch our kids make mistakes!!!!
hugs!
Becky -
Ah the life of a mom, never ending and never for sissies! My own daughter will be 18 in October and feels it's her duty to go visit her birth father next summer, I am totally against this as the guy is a bum, married 7 times and has children all over the US. I have asked her to rethink this and wait at least until she graduates high school. Other than that she has proved to be more mature than even me sometimes!! It is a fine line we mom's walk, painful but rewarding. You will see Mandy will is a fine young responsible young woman, it'll all be ok! As for modeling, take it a step at a time your instincts will show you the way! rose~
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One big clue that an agency isn't totally legit is if they ask you to pay fees. A real agency won't ask you for money. Just be careful. But it can be a great way to save up some money for college. Modeling is a very short career.
As for Mandy, is she starting the teen rebellion late in life or have you just not talked about her growing pains much. LOL My mother freaked out when I came home with pierced ears. I was 17. I remember fibbing and sneaking around so I could go see a boyfriend they forbid me to see. It's a hard time...especially for the parents. I hope you find a way to impress Mandy with how important personal responsibility is. Accountability. Acting like an adult if she wants to be treated as such. Yadda. Good luck with that.
6/30/06 9:55 AM
That was so bad about your teacher.What a bully !!! I hope the new horse works out !
Please pray for my sister, her baby seems to have a birth deffect and I , we are so afraid. She is so in love with it already and I am too.
Thank you.