About Kids

I've been reading Chicken Soup for the Mother and Son Soul and came across a passage that really summed it up for me, the mother of 2 sons.

A father may turn his back on his child; brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies; husbands may desert their wives, and wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute, in the face of the world's condemnation, a mother still loves on and still hopes that her child may turn from his evil ways and repent; still she remembers the infant smiles that once filled her bosom with rapture, the merry laugh, the joyful shout of his childhood, the opening promise of his youth; and she can never be brought to think him unworthy. ~Washington Irving

No matter how frustrated I get with my boys, they are still my world. As a wise friend of mine said (loosely quoted) these traits that we cringe at and try to curb in their childhood will be the traits that make them successful in their adulthood. Thanks Dani, I need to be reminded of this every once in a while.