Middle son called me the other evening. He told me that he has been giving his future a lot of thought. He said that he has decided he DOES want to go back to college after all and that he is sorry for not doing as well last semester as he could have done. He also informed me that he has anger issues that he's working through and one of the ways he's dealing with his anger is by jogging each night, usually to his brothers apartment, so that they can hang out and talk.....and then he jogs back home. Then he said he loves me and he thanked me for always being there for him.
He has always been an intense, walking the edge type of guy....and he's the type of kid always testing the boundaries.....and I love him for it......raising him has required a little more creative parenting on my part ...what worked for my other 2 children in terms of parenting them, doesn't necessarily work for him........some of the time I feel helpless though......I wish I knew what to do to make things feel easier to him............I wish I knew how to help him to let go of some of the anger that he feels.........it was easier when they were little......you'd kiss their boo boo and all in the world was okay again. I'm proud of him for taking the time to think things through......and I'm happy he's going back to school if it's what he really wants to do......
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