I'm a single mother in the mist of raising a preteen daughter whos age is 12. Life can be demanding at times especially when you also have a 2yr old son right on your heels. I embrace every day as a journey through the unknown. As I navigate through I remind myself time is unique, precious and very significant not only for me but my daughter as well. She is sorting out who she is and who she wants to become. She is taking shape in every imaginable way-body, mind, and soul. I'm worring about the role I will play in her life as all these changes take place during a few short years as she becomes a woman.
When she was younger, she spent her time playing with dolls-but now, I find her and her girlfriends trying on makeup and picking out bras in magazines. One minute she is on edge with excitement, the next, stopped dead in her tracks by fear-only to bust out in hysterical laughter, and then betrayed by her tears. Hormones, well, that is something we as woman all deal with. Like crying for no apparent reason and being happy-just because. Its like watching a rollercoaster ride where you hang on for dear life-and pray you make it through.
I remind my daughter to take the good with the bad. Most of all to be true to yourself and be good to others along the way. Its your Life-Love it and Live it. Life is either a daring adventure of nothing at all. Grab on to the adventure! Dream and plan. And while you do so hold close these words of Karen Ravn:
Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.
