The trending topic on Twitter today was #DearYoungSelf. I tweeted a few things, but I have to say my favorite was, “#DearYoungSelf listen to your mom; she’s really not that evil.” Even though the tweets are all fun and games, I have to say that this one tweet is genuine. As an adult now, it’s crazy to think how much time as a child I spent hating my mom. Really, what was that all for? So, she raised me to be a decent adult, a mother, and a wife. Yes, I tested my mom, rebelled a few… ok several times; just typical teenage stuff, that may have required some consequences! I had curfew, my mom was careful who I hung out with, and she questioned my decisions which made me really think out all of my choices. At the time she may have seemed horrible and annoying, but it saved me from a lot of extra grief and going down a lot of wrong paths.
With Facebook and Twitter, it allows me to stay in contact with a lot of my old friends (whether I want to or not) and I look at the ones my mom didn’t like me to hang out with and I’m so happy for that because a lot of them are not doing so well for themselves now.
I am a mother now of a teenager and I’m sure there are times he hates me and with those times I hate that he hates me. It’s like I am in this weird gray area where I don’t want him to be angry with me, but I have to also lay down the law, per say. Consequently, to him, I do seem, “mean”, as my mom seemed to me. At that time, I have to let go of trying to be the cool mom and being the MOM. With that, I have to accept that this is really for the best.
Finally, a day will come when he’s 30, he will see some silly trending topic on Twitter or whatever is out, there he’ll realize that I did all that for him and indeed, I’m not the evil bitch that we all called our Mom.
“If they hate you then that means your doing the right thing” D. Nichols
With Facebook and Twitter, it allows me to stay in contact with a lot of my old friends (whether I want to or not) and I look at the ones my mom didn’t like me to hang out with and I’m so happy for that because a lot of them are not doing so well for themselves now.
I am a mother now of a teenager and I’m sure there are times he hates me and with those times I hate that he hates me. It’s like I am in this weird gray area where I don’t want him to be angry with me, but I have to also lay down the law, per say. Consequently, to him, I do seem, “mean”, as my mom seemed to me. At that time, I have to let go of trying to be the cool mom and being the MOM. With that, I have to accept that this is really for the best.
Finally, a day will come when he’s 30, he will see some silly trending topic on Twitter or whatever is out, there he’ll realize that I did all that for him and indeed, I’m not the evil bitch that we all called our Mom.
“If they hate you then that means your doing the right thing” D. Nichols
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