I want to thank a very cool young lady for inspiring me today. We are victims of someone having expectations of us. What to wear, how to talk, where to go to school, who to date, what car you should buy, where you should live, and how you should act. At one time or another in all of our lives we have lived trying to reach someone else's goals for our lives. Truth be told this should never be the case.
Now some of you who see me more regularly know I joke around about my children all being meteorologists. My reasoning is that they get paid a nice chunk of change and can actual be inaccurate 75% of the time in their profession. So with C.J. being my first born it is now time for her career to begin taking shape, but that is what I want for her. Yes it's a joke and I want her to be whatever she wants to be as long as she is dedicated to it.
Because I didn't see C. J. since this morning when I left for work, I learned that laying a foundation is very important in a family. When a foundation is laid a child will always have those nuggets of life to look back upon and grow. This was you can go to sleep at night assured that whatever it is your child puts their mind to, they are carrying out the tasks with pride and purpose. This young lady today helped me (a perfectionist) understand that I will have to let C.J. develop into who she wants to be and not what I may think is ideal. The bible tells us to train up a child in the way it should go and when she (in this case) is old she will not depart from it.
As a parent I must understand that there will be things C.J. does that will irk and upset me but nevertheless I have to love her unconditionally. I have to believe in my heart that at all times I have allowed her to see true love, trust and whatever other values and morals I want her to possess. This way she will be a happy child who feels loved all the time. I missed my baby today but at all times, morning, noon and night C.J. occupies my mind and I am thinking of how I will parent to make sure she understands life and can apply what she learns from her Daddy!
That is all for today. I hope this touches others like it touched me. Let your kids live THEIR lives. Just be supportive and always remember to pray because prayer changes things.
