OUR CHILDREN..

..I was 20 when i had my first daughter Tayla..

..a big kid..having a little kid...

..i have learnt a great deal
..over the last 17 years and 10 months..

..that loving your child does not mean

giving in to their every desire..

..too much giving is not a gift..

..we cant keep them in a bubble..

or shield them from every pain of the world..

for as i am realising..as they become teenagers..

and that bubble bursts they wont be prepared for the real world..

..they need to learn the skills to exist!

..and they are all different..even two children from the same family..

raised the same way xx

..once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away..so she said to her mother..

"I am running away"..

..her mother said.."If you run away..I will run after you!

For you are my little bunny".

..my first born Tay would say..

"why doesn't the mummy let the little bunny do what she wants?"

My baby would be relieved that the mummy would go after her little bunny..

..neither is right or wrong..they are just different..

..its important to trust your child for who they are..
not what you think they should be!

..faith in our child and their destiny..
..is what makes the difference in our parenting..

..its not enough to only value who they are..

we must also get in their way when they don't want us to..

..and get out of their way when we don't want to..

as the years go by..we fumble between..

..control & leniency..

..fear & trust..

..holding on & letting go..

..but at the end of the day..
(as they drive away on their last day of their schooling life)

..you've got to be prepared to be lenient..to trust & let go..


..we have to pray and believe all the time and effort and luv we have put into helping them become adults..
has been successful..
and they are prepared to begin this new exciting journey of their life..



the good (and the bad news)..
..our jobs as parents..

..is NEVER over xx