Friday, April 29, 2011

Parents of adults

As a parent you struggle when your kids struggle, no matter how old they are. We as parents of adults have to learn when to step back and allow our kids to struggle through situations and not try to fix it for them. We have wisdom and advice that can help but ultimately it is on their shoulders to bear. As a mother who is a little bit of a fixer like most mothers are, and I have a husband who takes things more to heart than even I do, we have to talk ourselves through not wanting to fix things for our grown children. I told Joey last night, Josh is a grown man with a wife and kid on the way, it is up to him and Abby how they do things in their lives, we just need to be supportive and if we see something they don't, give the best advice we can give if they ask.
We all want good for our kids, but as we all know sometimes learning comes from hard times, with harder decisions. We sometimes stop the Holy Spirit from doing what he wants to do because we try to help and God wants us to sit still and be quiet. Don't let anyone tell you that after they leave home it gets any easier...

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