Cuckoo!
Actually a not so suitable greeting when I feel like I do...
More like grrrrrrrrr.
Or buhuuuu...
I do find it so difficult sometimes to be a parent.
Especially when they are heartbroken or hurt by people they thought were close...
It is difficult:
When it is about painful friendship, let down feelings, confusing rumours or other teenage problems that happen now and then in that age.
When I as a parent will have to dig deep into my inner storage and bring out the big arsenal from the wise, encouraging, comforting and advising area in that bank.
When I as a parent wish I would have a manual of how to use this arsenal in the right way...
It is difficult:
When I as a parent need to show more love than ever ...( love them most when they deserve it least)
When I as a parent need to show some mature manners when I most of all want to scream, bang the door and run away...
When I as a parent realise I have forgotten to tell my kids that people are not always what you expect them to be...
When I as a parent need to wipe those tears or glue together those broken pieces of their hearts.
When I as a parent need to come up with answers and explanations of why people act in a not so nice way.
When I as a parent need to defend my " treat people they way You want to be treated" view of life.
When I as a parent realise that the expression " small kids small problem, big kids big problems" suddenly seems so painfully accurate.
When I as a parent wish there was such thing as a "resign from the parenthood" sheet to sign...but instead dress in an armour with a heart of a tiger, ready to go into war...
When I as a parent try to point out that hope, forgiveness and ability to move on also are part of the healing process.
Not only tears or anger...
When I as a parent try to remind the kids that there is always a new day tomorrow...
Yup, it is difficult...