It's been a hot minute since I jumped on there and blogged. So I thought I'd say a quick hi while waiting for my oil to get changed. I know I sound like a broken record but life is keeping us busy. I think I can officially put "Mom Taxi" on my resume. As I got in my car the other night to pick one of the boys up from an activity I thought, "If I didn't have to get in a car for the next day or so I wouldn't complain." I also thought that someday I will look back on this time and think, "How did we keep up with that crazy schedule?" But it's our life and the way we live these days so we make it work.
On the weekends we try to find a balance between doing something fun and relaxing after a busy week (and before the next busy week). A few weeks ago we went to the Dixie National Rodeo and a parade. Last weekend we ran our first run as an entire family. Although it didn't sway Rob's opinion of running, I was impressed that E came in 1st place for the 1 mile run and Rob came in 3rd!! I placed 4th in my 5k division and P finished in the Top 20 overall. After the run we got cleaned up and then P and I went to a local Mardi Gras parade. I was supposed to take E to a basketball game Sunday, after church, but woke up sick. I slept most of the day.
Now that I've caught you up on our happenings, let me dive into other things. As I've stated before, parenting is hard. Other than the Bible, there isn't a manual that you can use to help you know the right decision to make. But sometimes I feel convicted about something and the feeling sticks until the right decision has been made. Several months ago we let P sign up for a social media platform. Since I already had an account with the same one, I felt like it was our safest option for him to test his freedom. But I quickly learned that the way I use it and the way he uses it are completely different. I only look at people I am friends with. I don't have a desire to follow people I do not know. He, on the other hand, looked at various things from unknown people. It made me uncomfortable. Not because I didn't trust what he was putting out there, but because I was afraid of what he had access to. I fully believe that once a child sees something they can't unsee it. So, after conviction and prayer, we decided it was best to take that platform away from him for now. Needless to say, it didn't go over well with him. There were tears and the silent treatment. The next day, I think he realized that we won't always see eye to eye but he still has to respect the fact that we are his parents and have to make the hard decisions that he won't always like. We, as parents, have to do what we can to protect his innocence.
That's another reason why I felt he didn't need social media. Right now we can protect him from things going on in the world. I feel that he can have limited knowledge about the problems with Russia, but it's not something he needs to be overly exposed to. He becomes obsessed with things and I can see him researching every thing possible about it, losing sleep over the "What ifs". A tween does not need that kind of stress. If that was the case, the legal voting age wouldn't be set at 18.
Onto a happier subject.....Rob. The other night he was talking to me about a situation that he was dealing with. We talked about it quite at length (ie he talked and I was the listener for once). The whole time he was talking I became more and more impressed with how he handled things. It also made me realize what an awesome principal he would've made. I've found that the educators who did not like school make the best teachers/principals because they know how to reach the students. Rob also has the "mojo" as a leader, a true leader, one that people listen to. He's one that doesn't talk just to make small talk, but people stop and listen when he does have something to say. I just have mad respect for him and how he's really made something of his self within the company, a person that others respect.
Well, on that note, my car is ready. So until next time.....take care and pray for the world as we're in a bad place right now.
