Just yesterday, Kasey was a tiny little thing that would run out of the room and then back again to grab my leg, hug me and then run off again.  When she smiled her eyes looked like half-moons and her entire face lit up.  Each stage of change in her size and personality has been amazing to me.  How time flies!  Now that she is a teenager, I pray everyday for the wisdom to know how to handle the changes taking place in her now as a teenager.  I am determined to talk with her more than my mom talked with me.  When I was 13, my mom didn't have to worry about me reading pornography or seeing it on the internet.  Today it is different. 

A couple of days ago, my daughter's best friend checked out a book from the library.  By the title and cover, the contents were not clear.  When I read some of it, I was surprised that the library would have such filth on its shelves.  I thought one would have to go to a porn shop to check out such garbage, but there it was sitting in our local library!   It contained things totally unfit for adult consumption, much less a 13-year-old girl.  The mother of my daughter's friend, allowed her daughter to keep the book.  I'm not thrilled with her decision.  To be honest, I'm not sure she really knows what is in the book.  What has this got to do with the first part of my story.  Not a whole lot, except that, as my daughter grows up, I am trying to instill in her the need for purity in her mind and heart.  I can't totally separate her from the world, but I can talk, talk, talk and continue to tell her how much her Dad and I love her and what God expects of her as one of his children.  We are trying to help her be strong in the face of temptation. 

Her friend may read the book.  I have no control over what my neighbor allows in his/her home.  I pray Kasey will be an example for her friend and that my comments might have some kind of an impact on her friend as well.