Hi!
I'm a divorced working mother of 3 girls. I have recently remarried a man with 5 girls. That's A LOT of girls! But we have a fun time and we only have my 3 full time. But as you can imagine, we have a lot of drama at our house! With 8 girls younger than 12, life gets crazy and the emotions sometimes get out of control!
The reason for my new blog is for me to keep a journal of my journeys as a mother and the struggles I endure and how I overcome them. I have a daughter who is nearing 12 and has already begun to push her moodiness to its limits. There are days when she is so hormonal I want her to stay in her room and read a book so I don't have to deal with her. Unfortunately, this is what she wants me to do, and there is a strong part of me that doesn't want to give her what she wants. Sooo...... I spend a lot of time yelling and pulling out my hair.
That can't be healthy! My dad is bald. I already look enough like him. I don't need to lose my hair too! (Sorry Dad.)
Of course, the dreaded words I know will eventually come are, "I hate you! I want to go live with my dad!" I know that I need to be a more balanced parent, not yell so much and not be a push-over. I have to still be the parent and not allow any of the girls to hold that over my head in an effort to control me.
So, I decided that if I want to survive the next 20 years, I'm going to have to learn A LOT more about teenagers! I somehow managed to survive the first 10 years. Now it's time to endure and hopefully survive the next 10! So I purchased a book by Dr. Kevin Leman called Have a New Teenager by Friday. (Oh if only I could read the whole book that fast!) It has been very insightful. I hope to share some points from that book and how I handle various situations. This is my attempt to record my struggles and successes so that I can someday look back at all this and laugh!
