More joys of motherhood

Why are teenagers so difficult? I mean, when I was a teenager, I wasn’t exactly a walk in the park, you know, cuz I knew everything, duh, HA!

How do I get through to them? How do I get them to see that I can actually help make their lives easier? I wish at their age that I had a mom like me, which could somehow relate or give me advice that worked.

Lord knows that if I had the knowledge I acquired at the School of Hard Knocks then, my life now would be totally different now. I tell them all the time that the decisions that they are making now, in years 0 - 18 are nothing in comparison to their whole lives, but you know, I dont know nothin'...riiight

Yes, I know I am the mean mom that refuses to sit back and watch them get bad grades, have bad friends and put themselves in dangerous situations. I know the horror?!

Last night I prayed that God would somehow populate my brain with the knowledge that I need to get though to them…..Are you there God? Its me Mrs. Every Woman…i'm gonna need you to help me out on this one

How many "count to ten's?

How many?

How many I'm sorry's, I forgives you's, clean slates, chances and passes can you give out before you lose your damn mind?

Does anyone out there have an instruction manual for teenagers?

I just hope on day before I am gone, they will realize that I am really not as bad as they make me out to be in there little teenage mind.