CONVERSATIONS in the DARK
Teens Rule
The only conversations I ever have with my children are short ones.
For instance, they ask, "Mom, are my jeans clean? What do we have to eat? Who used all the hot water?"
I haven't figured out why they will spend $100 on a pair of designer jeans for a boyfriend or girlfriend they were never going to speak to again, and buy Mom a coffee mug with one "M" missing from "MOM".
They offer to wash their boyfriend's car, or clean his apartment, but they're too busy to wash the dishes or clean their own room.
When it's time to cut the grass or take out the trash, my son becomes comatose.
I usually try to "catch up" on the weekends, since I'm still working full time and driving to Columbus two nights a week.
On the weekend when I'm in the middle of laundry, cleaning the house or trying to cut the grass, one of them usually says, "I'm bored, Mom."
Just the other day my son was stretched out on the sofa watching a movie. There were banana peels everywhere.
I shouted, "Pick up those banana peels!"
He very calmly replied, "I did, I put them there."
For instance, they ask, "Mom, are my jeans clean? What do we have to eat? Who used all the hot water?"
I haven't figured out why they will spend $100 on a pair of designer jeans for a boyfriend or girlfriend they were never going to speak to again, and buy Mom a coffee mug with one "M" missing from "MOM".
They offer to wash their boyfriend's car, or clean his apartment, but they're too busy to wash the dishes or clean their own room.
When it's time to cut the grass or take out the trash, my son becomes comatose.
I usually try to "catch up" on the weekends, since I'm still working full time and driving to Columbus two nights a week.
On the weekend when I'm in the middle of laundry, cleaning the house or trying to cut the grass, one of them usually says, "I'm bored, Mom."
Just the other day my son was stretched out on the sofa watching a movie. There were banana peels everywhere.
I shouted, "Pick up those banana peels!"
He very calmly replied, "I did, I put them there."
Published by Kathryn Neff Perry
Kathryn writes inspirational Christian poetry. She is also a Christian motivational speaker who strives to inspire and encourage with a little humor along the way. She is the author of the Boone's Creek myst... View profile
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