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Writer’s Workshop:Dear Teen, Love Mom
I am linking up again this week with Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. For this week’s prompt I have chosen: A letter to your future teen.
My Darling Son,
You have grown so very fast. It seems like just yesterday I held your tiny 8.9lbs package of baby softness in my young arms and gazed into those big brown eyes for the very first time. In one heartbeat I experienced a level of love that I didn’t even know existed. The bond we developed came quick, strong and has stood the test of time.
That first year was such a scary one for us. You were sick, a lot. When you were 3 months old you had a surgery that scared the bejeezus out of me, but saved your life.
When you were a toddler I finally had to bite the bullet and get a job. I found a daycare that gave me my first job and allowed me to keep tabs on you. This was a traumatic time for us both, we had such bad separation anxiety! We sat on opposites side of a cold classroom door, crying our eyes out.
You had a few rough years of school, barely passing most years, but I knew you were smart! I studied with you every day and I’m sorry I made you redo all your school work, but by 4th grade you were pulling straight A’s and you’ve been an Honor student ever since!
To this day you are often close by my side. Always “hanging out” with me. I often joke that I must have done something wrong because I thought teenagers were supposed to be sulky, locking themselves away in their rooms and avoiding their family at all costs.
I hope this doesn’t change. I love that you welcome me into your life and share everything with me.You’ve told me your dreams and your plans to reach them, and I have vowed to help you every step of the way.
Mostly, I want to tell you how proud I am of you. I am so proud that you made it into the Honors Program. I am so proud of your priorities and how you take school so seriously. You know that as long as you do your best, I am proud of you, but you don’t use that as a crutch. You always push for more, better, higher.
And I also want to tell you, thank you. Thank you for teaching me to be a mother, for forgiving my mistakes and praising my successes.
Thank you for being you.
I love you always,
Mom
I don’t think there are words in existence that properly express the love a mother has for her children and there are an infinite number of reasons why my son is so special to me, I don’t think I could ever sum them up in a blog post, or ten.
A letter to your future teen.
From Teen Mom to Mom of Teen
Tomorrow is a momentous day for the LeFam! LeScholar will be 13! Thirteen! I remember the beginning of this journey. I was a 17 year old girl. Wise beyond my years, madly in love, but a girl no less. I took my love of knowledge and directed it to every baby book I could find. (LeDaddy never complained while carrying my stacks of books in and out of the library) I always wanted to be a mom. By his due date, I was ready! Him? Not so much. Two weeks later I was 100% convinced that I would be the woman to stay pregnant FOREVER. I considered submitting my name to Guinesses. Then, the magic day came! July 22, 1997. And it was magic! His birth was quick and easy (which is amazing considering he was 8.9 and 21.5!). And I was in love! Not a single one of those books prepared me for the amount of love that swelled my heart! I vowed right then I would be the best mom I could and he would always be my first priority. I have done everything in my power to keep my promises. I am so very proud of the young man he is becoming. An honor student, a compassionate heart, a creative mind, a gentle soul. He’s already setting goals for his life. I can count on him. I can trust him. He “gets” me and vice versa. While 90% of my pride is in him, I reserve a little for me because being a teen mom is hard and scary and people judge you and have doubts about your ability to raise a child. All the best things in life are worth working for and let me tell you, my kids are the best!
Happy Birthday Jiovanni! I love you!
Posted with love by Mommylebron
Wordful Wednesday
You see just a teenage boy,
I see an honor student.
You see trouble on a skateboard,
I see a great helper around the house.
You see a punk in head phones,
I see a boy with natural musical talent.
You see another video game addict,
I see a future game designer.
You see just another teenage boy,
I see my baby full of hopes and dreams,
I see a young man full of potential,
I see the result of positive male role models,
I see the fulfillment of all my hard work as a mother .
This week I am participating in Wordful Wednesday hosted by Seven Clown Circus
Dear Cappuccino,
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