Lessons from a 21 year old:

Being the mother of a 21 year old comes with its own sets of lessons and as a parent at times. Those lessons aren’t so easy to accept at times but they are lessons none the less. Sometimes it would be so much easier if I could just snap my fingers and make him just how I want him to be but in retrospect how boring would that be?
Do I want a puppet as a son? I mean God has all the power in the world and still yet He gives us free will which leads me to the lessons:

I’ve learned that my son is uniquely crafted by God and as such he has a purpose to fulfill

He has taught me how to truly love beyond conditions, to be accepting and more understanding of him and his goals

He has helped me to further understand that my job is to guide, teach and protect him even when he feels as if he knows it all

I have been able to hold him accountable when disobedience and defiance sets in

I understand too that yelling, screaming and making demands only makes him more eager to do what he wants to anyway

I know that prayer helps and as such as I daily place him in God’s hands trusting that God will do as He says in my son’s life

I see that hugs and I love yous do work especially when all he wants is to just be

Cj has taught me that I must be patient, caring, understanding, reassuring even when we don’t agree

And last but not least he has taught me to stand in my truth at all times when being the example he needs to see

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