• Apr. 13, 2008
Changes
I recieved an email from my best friend Taryn, back home in NJ, that stated her son, Eric, has accepted entrance to York universtiy in PA in the fall. It is hared to believe that this young man, will be graduating from highschool in a few short weeks. I have know Eric since he was in 2nd grade, and my oldest was just 18 months old when his mom and I first met. Taryn and I have been best friends ever since. This month, my oldest will step through the threshold of teen-dom, and I am scared for her. Being a teen now is now where near the same as being a teen when I was 13, so many years ago. I am afraid for her, growing up in today's society. T has been in catholic school for almost 5 yrs now, and although catholic schools have their place, I worry how she will adapt to a high school with more than 16 students in the class, let alone the entire grade. I worry that while she has fabulous dreams and I want her to persue each and every one of them, I worry that people have built her up, but have not given her the foundation to be secure in failure.
I don't want any of my children to fail in life, and I want to protect them from everything I can in the world, but I can't. I want them to be strong, independent, courageous, honorable young men and women, who can succeed through failures. Does that make sense? I don't want them to believe that they are good at everything just because they thing they are, I want them to be successful, BECAUSE they are. There is a difference.
