I raised beautiful well behaved children. It was when one of them became an
adult, when I had no longer any responsibility for this adult person, That
that PREVIOUS CHILD chose to take the wrong road. There is a fable I would
like to share with all of you out there.
God was sitting at a large table. On his right was a huge pile of hunks of
clay. To his left was a pile of mud and muck. Before him he was
concentrating on one of the hunks he pulled off the pile to his right. He
added a little water, and molded, then he added some more clay granules and
molded, he worked on that pile of clay for days, adding and molding, and
finally with tears of frustration in his eyes he threw the hunk of clay into
the pile of muck and mud.
The pile of clay was a young adult who has reached
that point in life where he has to choose the way he would go. God helped
all he could, but to no avail. The young adult wanted to go the wrong road.
The choice was no one else's. Even with the Lords guidance, the young adult
would not bend. Like this fable, As a parent, I will never have to say. "I
wish I had given more to my young adult," " I should have done more for my
young adult," You see, the choice was not mine. I may have been an enabler,
but I gave all I could, I withheld nothing. I was a true Mother. Besides,
what about the other children I raised to be wonderful young adults?
Just because we are Grandparents does not make us desire to 'TAKE' your children.
We don't NEED them, Heaven knows we would love to have them adored and cared
for by 2 healthy well adjusted parents. We have earned the right to our
togetherness again, with our spouses, or the right to do for OURSELVES, It is
our turn to be selfish.....Gee what a unique idea! Be thankful, all of you
parents, that there are people willing to pick up the pieces of
the broken adult children and take on the responsibilities they cannot.
I was and still am a good Mother.............From one of the Grands.
