Trying to raise an adult

There are days

when raising your children

makes you incredible frustrated.

In spite of all your best efforts

you wonder if they will be

polite,

considerate,

hard working,

thoughtful,

caring,

clean

adults.

{among many other useful traits}

Now most of these traits

do not come naturally.

These are things that we continually work on,

and almost all of them are contrary to being a

Teenager.

The motto of a teenager

is similar to that of a two year old--

it is something like

"It's all about ME"

ME,ME,ME,ME,ME

I have known some adults that continue to live by this motto.

They are not people that i generally want to be around

or hang out with for any length of time.

So with that in mind

when i find my children

acting in that manor

it makes me ever so crazy

and scares me to death.

I do not like that attribute

one little bit.

I wonder if i have failed--

will they be "THOSE" adults?

Those people who i don't want to be around

since they think the world revolves around them?!

I want to want to be around my children--

especially as adults.

This behavior makes me crazy mad

as few things make me madder

than continued self centered behavior

and i kinda loose it--

and then we have a meeting of the minds

{mostly mine}

Today I had one of those meetings

and i am happy to say

that there were

immediate changes.

What a pleasant surprise to see that

what i said

was heard

and actually listened to!

It gives me hope

that they will turn out OK.

That they will be the kind of adult

I want them to be.

Changes so drastic

that this child

payed for dear hubby and i

to go out to dinner

and even made the reservations!

I'm not sure--

do you think they were buying us off?

Whatever it was

it sure was

YUMMY!