grounded

sometimes i think my son just wants to be grounded. he is so strange. i will never get it. he mouths off and just is a pain. then when he gets in trouble he wonders what he did wrong. finally he went too far and we grounded him. i was so mad.

it is hard to enforce the grounding. he always insists he is going to do whatever it is he is not allowed to do anyway. and we can’t stop him. he is trying to comply this time, but only part way. he keeps trying to find loopholes. and he keeps inventing loop holes. you said i couldn’t do such and such, but you didn’t say anything about this! so finally i said, ok, you can’t do anything without permission. so the smart alec holds his breath. i said, ok, you can breathe. what a frustrating child. well, he is 16, so not much child anymore. he is getting so big. he is so much bigger than me. and he has been stronger for a good many years.

anyway, i added a day onto his grounding. problem is, when he is grounded i have to stay home and enforce it.

the thing is, he so much enjoys doing things for other ppl. i wish he had an outlet for that. it turns him completely around. he sits at home, gets bored and turns to nonsense or stirring up discord. then when he goes and does something, like helping someone out, he is so happy and just wants to be pleasant and helpful. so what flips the switch? i don’t get it.

anyway….

nothin else new.

dau’s beau is turning out to be a real gentleman. he is interested in going to church w dau. he loves to discuss things of God w dau. that is why she broke up w previous bf. he just was not interested in the same things. she felt that someone she was going to be that close to should at least be able to share those kinds of discussions w her. so, she is right on. the Lord knew. it was hard for me to comprehend that xbf wasn’t the one, but he wasn’t at all. it is more and more apparent as time goes on cuz he is exhibiting all sorts of negative things now. she doesn’t know if it is becuase of the hurt, or in an effort to prove that she didn’t get to him, or what. poor guy. i still pray for him. i want him to be ok.

faith hope and love, but the greatest of these is love.