Prodigal: I really want this selfie-stick.
Me: Chickens don’t hop into your mouth already fried. You are going to have to work for it.
Prodigal: I guess you are right.
Me: Speaking of hard work let me share about parenting.
This is from the book Undone a Memoir by Michele Cushatt
This is the true test of parenting, when you find your child in a mess of their making and you have to decide whether you’ll guard your heart and keep him at arm’s length, or love him in the middle of it. Not agree with him, condone his behavior, or rescue him. Maybe not even like him. But there is strength in the person who digs deep to both disagree and love with equal passion. To make convictions known, maybe even say goodbye. But who, at the end of all the tough decisions, has the guts to say, “I love you. And that won’t ever change.”
Psalm 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodgialpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
