This weekend I will be spending my days and nights with a large group of teenagers. I am a little frightened {what if I am a huge nerd? what if I offer to much advice? I am imagining all of the eye rolling I might get}
Although, I have to admit the teenage years have been my favorite. I relished and miss the days that my toddlers would crawl up in my lap and ask me to read to them. However, I delight in seeing the young adults emerging. I relish in the times I get to
Don't get me started on the funny that goes on around here. From the witty come backs to the silly Instagram posts. They keep me laughing. They have brought an extra amount of drama, unsatisfied hunger and teasing. Yet, I have a deep fondness for them and want to keep them around longer.
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Friday link ups for your weekend reading enjoyment:
Does Big Foot really exist? ~ National Geographic
I hate drugs!! They have been a legacy of heartache in my family. I like how this family shared their story~ aol.com
The story of a child of an addict~ Speak Up Against Meth
THE other side of the addiction story~Walk a Day in the Life of an Addict
This left me giggling about my career choice~ Lighter side of Real Estate
In a way I feel the same way. The closer I inch to the big "40" the harder it is to stay in a size 4. Joni Edelman
I ordered this book and I am waiting for it's arrival ~ Fatherless Generation
I read the aol.com obit. I don't see a lot wrong except I wish they would have shown a little compassion. I do hope they realize even heron addiction is a disease that deserves compassion and understanding just as if this person passed from a Cancer. An example would be a fair skinned person being told they need sunscreen and later in life passing from skin cancer due to not heading the advise. We would be mourning the horrors of cancer when this person knew better. Another would be a heavy person being told they need to watch their diet and exercise, but failed to do this and passed from heart disease. We would be expounded on the horrors of heart disease when in fact this person was warned just as the hero on addict was warned. I only wish people would truly see addiction for what it is.
ReplyDeletePS. I spelled disease as desire in an early sentence but his crazy post will not let me fix it. Oh well. Love your blog.
Thank you Craig. You have stretched me tonight! I revamped and added to the post.
ReplyDeleteThank you Misty. It took me years to come to terms with my own fathers suicide due to addiction, but when I fell into that very same trap and won, it finaly hit me that it was not a suicide, it was the disease just like a Cancer. I say these things knowing that I sometimes give the addict another excuse to continue in their behavior, but my feelings are directed more tiwards the non-addict hopefully educating them so that we can all put our heads together and find better ways to fight this epidemic. Never feel you have offended anyone, especially someone like you that has suffered with family. Love you and your blogs. I just covered another blog of yours, I loved someone. :)
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