Parenting is Hard!
Dear Diary, Parenting is h-a-r-d! Should I say it louder for the people in the back to hear? Parenting is hard! Yes, I said it and before you come for me, let me explain myself. As a single parent - single black, Christian parent, raising a little boy, who spends 99.9% of his time with me, I’m saying it’s hard. It’s not hard in the sense where I have a very difficult child who drives me up the walls. Well, at times I do feel like I am being driven up the wall. I wake up each day trying to train my child in the way he should go while praying that when he is old, he will not depart from the training - Proverbs 22:6. And - it is not easy, not even the least bit! I wake up praying that God will grant him the wisdom, knowledge and understanding that he needs to make godly friends, good decisions, walk in sexual and moral purity, and respect those in authority throughout his life. Sometimes I find myself being anxious about the influences outside of the walls of our home. The influence...