Parenthood

A short blog today. You have things to do; so do I!

This quote comes from www.iampoopsie.com:

            “Anyone can have a child and call themselves a ‘parent’.

             A real parent is someone who puts that child above their own

                        Selfish needs and wants.”

Parenthood means nurture, love, care. It means selflessness even when it is hard to do so. It means hectic times. It means complicated schedules. It means listening to whining. Putting up with chaos, noise and messiness. And did we say untidiness? Lord, lord! Untidy rooms and lives.

But the rewards are many. And the future we build for everyone else through our children is immense.

Just think of those parents who do not perform well in this role. It is then up to the rest of us to help the kids. Yes. We can help the parents, too. But only if they realize they need the help. Otherwise it is the children we lend a hand to.

Why? Because it is our future we are making happen as well as we can.

Listen to the youth of the land. Their hearts beat our future tattoo. The rhythm of the saga, the tale we will together write. They should not be alone if others abandon them. It is our job to do so. To tutor, to clothe, to listen, to mentor. They need these supports just as we needed them in our lives. Whether from parents or uncles, or grandparents or neighbors, or churches or charities or teachers. Each has needs. Each deserves those needs to be met.

We are that safety net. Else we will reap an apocalypse of failure too dark to imagine.

Tidy lives? Hardly. Meaningful ones? As much as we can make them!

Be there for them and for yours. Share the good with our future.

November 24, 2012