The benefit of having younger siblings is learning that my parents and elders where right when they tried to teach me life lessons looking back at my own lessons learned.
I think everyone can relate to those times where you are young full of naivety and mom, dad, grandma, or grandpa tried to teach a life lesson or help you understand something. Yet, we were hardheaded, wanted to go in our own direction as if we were reinventing the wheel and thought we had self-learned some new
I think it’s hilarious to see the dots connect in my mind or side with my mother when she tries to explain why my brother or sister are making wrong or
I believe teenage daughters are the ultimate battle test for parents. I will die on that hill because I can’t count the number of times my mother has looked like she was about to pack her bags and head for the nearest island paradise after dealing with
Boys aren’t that different in my mind, but my sister is essentially the carbon copy of my momma and I get a kick out telling her that my sister reminds me of
As the oldest child on both my mother and fathers’ side of the family, I think I have come to understand where both sides come from when it comes to a parent trying to help a child understand something and the child feeling like they don’t need
Let’s be honest, most of the time the parent or elder is correct, but kids like to be stubborn and
My mother and stepfather recently moved out of their house and were looking for someone to take over the payments. Naturally, I was the one that didn’t mind since I was done with college and it was time to start adding more bills to my life. However, as someone who has done the whole roommate lifestyle, I am aware it’s never rainbows and sunshine. I think that made me push my brother and stepbrother to stay in the house with me as roommates as they are about a year or two removed from high school already and they have been staying at the house with our parents. To me, I think it is also easier for them to have someone who can help them understand how being roommates isn’t sunshine and rainbows. Plus, if they are light on rent or bills, I won’t be too inclined to move beds into the front yard where they can sleep with the peacocks that openly roam our neighborhood out in the country.
I love hearing myself talk. Then again, I feel like that a lot more regardless since I have a three-year-old boy who likes to test my patience for sport. I recently took my sister out to eat as a late birthday present and it’s basically the same feeling I have with her as I do my
She is a sophomore and apparently that is the most stressful and trying time a teenage girl can go through. She tells me a new story every day that could be a novel and all I can wonder is if she even learned anything that was worth a dang. There I am sitting at the table talking to her about how school is going, how her classes are, and I feel like a therapist trying to help her solve her world ending problems. If there is anything I have learned when talking to girls, especially a teenage sister, logical solutions are too easy. I find it funny when I listen to a 20-minute explanation of why something went wrong, and I can suggest a logical solution in two minutes and get told that’s too easy. As I write this I feel like my inner parent is becoming more apparent and that is stressing me
My mother works for Brownfield ISD and she’s my go too person to vent to about everything going on in my life. So usually, I take Wednesday’s off since it splits our issue deadlines. I’ll make the drive up to her office and I’ll treat her to lunch so we can hangout and relax. It’s funny because she’ll vent to me about how my sister is being stubborn, and I’ll vent to her about my brothers lack common sense and won’t listen to me along how my son is a hell on wheels. It’s a great time, I promise. I think it’s difficult as an older sibling or even a parent because we want to save the pain, dread or overall fact of dealing with something that can be avoided for the people we care about. However, kids will be kids and fearless nose diving into an unknown world is something they all think they are prepared for. I was there once. Now, I call my momma and we have a conference and I listen to her word like its gospel. No one knows better than mom.