Right now Tana is 19, Casey is 17, Kyle almost 15, and Thomas technically is 12 but for sure thinks he is 16. So I can confidently say that I am knee deep in the teenage years. And what can I say about them? Well, there are many ups and downs. Lots of emotions. I feel like I am finding more and more gray hairs everyday. Is that aging, stress, worry? I am gonna go with the latter two. The one thing I find I am doing the most is worrying. I would give anything to go back to worrying about sippy cups, dirty diapers, and getting tickets to Disney on Ice! But now the worrying is so much more serious....driving, peer pressure, money for college, underage drinking, drugs, sex.....what are they doing when we are not around? It's the not knowing that is hard for me. And not so much that they are misbehaving, but are they safe? I am most content when all my little birdies are home in the nest. But sadly, Tana has flown the nest and is away at college. Casey is a 17 year old boy, need I say more? Kyle texts way too many girls. And Thomas just thinks he is too cool for anyone right now. I know I need to learn to let them fly on their own, it's just so hard! They are still my babies, and that motherly protective instinct NEVER goes away no matter how old they get.
As we end January of 2016, all kids made straight A's, including Tana in her first semester of college. Casey and Kyle are finishing up Winter Track, with myself as the distance coach. Kyle PR'd this season for his mile time at 5:26. And both boys are headed to the Championship meet this coming weekend. Casey will even head to States in a couple weeks. He is the sprinter and Kyle is distance. Thomas is doing Upward basketball with Casey and Dad as his coaches. He is also doing football 7on7, and about to start some off season training. We need to keep him busy cuz right now he is a little obsessed with The Walking Dead on Netflix! (Thanks for that Tana!)
Truth be told, I got pretty good kids. Perfect? Oh hell no, but who is? Certainly not me. I am trying to be the best mother I can. These teenage years though, they are tough. I have a long way to go until I am out of them, so for now I am just going to try and hug and kiss them more everyday, even when they don't want me to!
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