20 September 2007
Between The Lines
Posted by Poppa under: Family; Thoughts; Kids .
You spend the whole beginning of parent-hood, hoping and praying that you’re going to instill in your children a sense of “good”. And more often than not, you feel like you just completely suck at what you’re doing (at least I always did) at the time. And then they grow up, and you see them living from day to day, and sit back and smile because you think to yourself that maybe you did a better job than you thought.
But then there are days like today, when they just go off the deep end, and it makes you look at yourself and ask “What did I do right?”. I often reflect back on my childhood and the values that were put into me by my parents, and today the one that applies is that… “If you’re not going to do it right, don’t do it at all”. The only thing is, with kids, there isn’t always a right way. There is only doing your best, and it’s the days when you realize it might not have been enough that can make you humble. I do know deep down though that I have done them well, or at least to the best of my ability. Maybe it’s just those “teen-age” years that seem to make everything cloudy for them.