I typically start my day with meditation and reflection, and many of my reflections come from Facebook memories. The first memory of today was from last year and is listed below. Thinking about all that’s happened in the last 365 days sent me into a morning of praise and worship, including uttering prayers of thankfulness that said, “After experiencing a period where I could barely breathe and didn’t know whether I’d survive…I thank YOU! 🙌🏾”
The above memory offered a range of emotions because, with ~111 days left in this K-12 journey, I still don’t want to receive any notifications and I’m tired of reminding Michai about assignments. Yet, I’m encouraged because I woke Michai up for a meeting yesterday morning (the e-mail came while he was asleep) where he said, “You didn’t have to wake me up, I set my alarm to check for a follow up message.”
Me to Michai: Okay, that’s good to know!
Me to myself: 😱🤭🙌🏾🎉. Ain’t God alright? You may be ready for the next level after all (I almost shed a tear).
Also me to myself: But why didn’t he tell me last night so I wouldn’t have set MY alarm? (Parents ain’t never satisfied, right? 🤣)
I am so grateful for Michai and me to be in the place we are now because WE STRUGGLED emotionally last year. While I hear from other parents of how the struggle may not be over and/or show up differently in the future…I’ll take what we have right now. Michai’s driving more (mainly because I told him he was going to have make this car insurance increase worth it💁🏾♀️), taking more initiative (he went to that Open House, pictured above, and I think he was ready to move on campus THAT DAY), he still struggles getting his assignments in on time 🤦🏾♀️, and his room puzzles me because I don’t understand why he doesn’t see what I see 😩, but I remain grateful.
PRAYER WARRIORS!!! You are still needed for ALL our children; there are so many distractions and things for kids to get into.
PARENTS!!! You either gotta be okay with talking through your ‘teef’ every now and then, or allowing a trustworthy adult to do it on your behalf. We gotta keep our kids engaged and lifted, but we also gotta make sure they know WE AIN’T NO PUNKS! Yes, suicide rates have increased and, yes, I always talk about the need for us to utilize mental health services…but there’s a difference in a child needing mental health care and being disrespectful/feeling entitled (of which I had to deal with last year, too).
Similar to last year…comment with your stories…I wanna read them. Anybody can comment, not just parents. Where has the Lawd brought you from in the past year? 💃🏾🙌🏾🎉
