"HAVE TO" TORTURE

"Chloe, I was thinking about taking you guys to the Scottish Festival this weekend."

"Mom, do you hate us?" Eyeroll to the right.

"No, I just like to torture you." Bam...momma's quick.



Payback for Opa's torture on me.

 Remember having to do the things you absolutely hated to do? You had to go to church. You had to go to school. You had to practice piano. You had to do homework. You had to be quiet. You had to run errands. You had to clean your room. You had to say please and thank you. You had a bedtime. You had to wait for a non-school night for sleepovers. You had to take a shower every night.
 

37th Anniversary this month!



Good Lord! There were so many have to's and as an adult I'm glad to have had the parents who guided me. Two people who had no clue what they were doing, somehow understood the balance between affording boundaries and allowing leeway.



So, now I'm on the flip side doling out the have to's and it's all because I want to...it makes for quality kids.



Today's prayer: "Lord, I am so grateful for my mom and dad. They mean everything to me. I wish to be a quality parent like each of them. And I pray for those who did not have what I had. I pray you step in and guide them to be the parents they should, ones who torture their kids with spiritual roots, education, and culture."