in between

okay so it's no secret that i have entered a new stage of mommyhood! yep it's called the tweens! or the in betweens! in between little child and teenager! daily i want to scream! telling you that it is hard would be an understatement. BIG TIME!

i can ask #1 what he wants for breakfast and he snaps at me! & he doesn't answer the question. WHAT!!!
blah... hormones. at least that's what i will blame it on. HORMONES.

so the latest battle in my house is over music!
#1 likes heavy metal namely "avenged sevenfold" prayers please!
#2 likes gangster rap... more prayers please!

i realize that the boys are growing up and they are becoming independent thinkers. and they like what they like. but really. why do they know this music? #1 is going to jr. high in the fall, so i knew this was bound to happen. but, what i didn't realize how quickly it would happen. i have been having to loosen my grip daily. I have been trying to make compromises with them daily.
"No we will not listen to 50 cent on the way to school, but we can listen to NEWSBOYS!"
that's my latest rule. only christian music on the way to school. it buys me time to figure out my next move...

after school comes way to fast! don't get me wrong i want my boy with me all the time! i just wish God would call, text, email, facebook me, write me a letter, or just show up at my front door and let me know how to handle all of these situations that arise with my guys. i turn to my bible all the time but, to have coffee with Jesus would be amazing! really want to be the bast momma i can be for them, and right now i feel like i am failing miserably

#1 has a "friend" who is a girl. she keeps asking him to go to the movie with her. i mean he's 12. the answer is no! so me in my frustration told him he can't go to the movies with friends a.k.a. girls until he is at least 14.  this was last night bedtime issue...

every evening at bedtime a new different issue arises. well actually I think there's about 3-4 different issues that run on repeat. we (my better half and I) get asked a question, or a comment gets made every night when we are done saying our evening prayers together. and all of our peace is lost. someone gets mad and goes to bed upset.

i'm really hoping this is all just a season and we will get all of our little bumps in the road smoothed over! today i'm going to leave you with 2 verses that have been on my heart! prayin' for peace and guidance!

"the eternal God is your refuge,

And underneath are

 the everlasting arms;

He will thrust out the enemy 

from before you,

And will say,'Destroy!"

deuteronomy 33:27

"And you, fathers, do not provoke 

your children to wrath, but bring 

them up in the training and admonition

 of the Lord"

ephesians 6:9

xxO

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