Tuesday Coffee Talk
Good Tuesday morning everyone! I KNOW you had a great nights sleep and now you are up and ready for a NEW DAY! Today is going to be an awesome day. One month from today, I get to meet my new love, Lucy! I'm ready for our date!
Our challenge today is mainly for parents. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE communicate with your children/child. I have a young girl at my house that feels left out and unloved. She's been here since we got back from Winterfest. Her father is in Florida doing his thing, and her mom lives in Chattanooga, TN. Her mom was suppose to pick her up at the hotel on Sunday when we left. She had an excuse and "couldn't make it". Then she was to meet the bus on our way back through Chatanooga. She had an "excuse" and said she'd just drive to Alabama to pick her up on Monday. She called and couldn't come. Her mom is an alcoholic. Her father is a GOOD man, but he can't relate to her. He doesn't know how to talk to her. Now, the girl is heartbroken and feels unloved and unwanted. We HAVE to communicate with our children and we HAVE to love them. Sure we have our own lives, but if we bring these children in to this world, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY to LOVE them and BE THERE FOR THEM! I know there are times we want to have some alone time. I know there are times we want to get away. There is nothing wrong with that at all. But let's do it in the "right" way. Let's LOVE and RESPECT our children! THEY NEED US IN THEIR LIVES! I can bet you one thing! Until her father comes to get her sometime this week, she WILL feel LOVED and she WILL feel wanted!
So, who's up? What cha sipping on? Me? I'm enjoying some awesome Maxwell House regular blend this morning. It'****ting the spot too. When I get to the church this morning, I'm gonna make some REAL "sissy" coffee. HAHAHA That phrase makes me laugh. I'm going to make some Harry & David Strawberry Milkshake flavored coffee. Pastor and his wife asked me to wait till today and make it so they can enjoy some with me. LOL I KNOW it will be good!
Ya'll have a wonderful and blessed day as you LOVE YOUR CHILDREN!
For every Goliath, there is a Stone! His name is Jesus!"
First off, in "Darla's World" it's called "frou-frou coffee". As in, not black, but doctored up with some yummy flavored creamer or flavor shot.
Randall, your post brought tears to my eyes. THAT POOR GIRL!! To feel her parents have more important things to attend to than bring their daughter home? My GOD, that is beyond sad. And yet - THAT LUCKY GIRL!! To have come to spend the time with you, so that she can't help but realize that she IS loved, and valued, and worthy!! God Bless you, Randall. Kids are SO VERY FRAGILE!!! Their sense of self worth is tested EVERY FLIPPIN' DAY - parents are supposed to be there to pick up the pieces with unconditional love, when the rest of the world has them feeling crushed! Shame on her parents - not ONLY for not recognizing the gift they have, but for TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOUR KIND HEART! I'm sorry, but that just ****** me off.
When my daughter was struggling through some teenage girl crap a month ago, I sat in her room with her. She didn't want me there, she didn't want to talk, she didn't want to be loved, she didn't feel WORTHY of anyone's love, complements of the idiot boy she decided she needed in her life. But I stayed in there anyway. I told her she didn't have to talk if she didn't want to, but that I love her and I wasn't going to let her be alone when she was feeling so down. Ya know what? It really didn't take her long to open up to me, to share just what she was thinking and feeling. I told her what I thought of a boy that would treat her with so little respect, and after 2 hours of heart-to-heart, I felt REALLY GOOD about "forcing myself" on her. Not leaving her alone. Today, she's doing WAY better - in part, because I acknowleged her feelings and let her share them with me in a very non-judgemental way. I hope this girl that's with you can find unconditional love from her parents... sounds like a stretch, but every child deserves that.
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