Monday, August 27, 2007
Not good enough again
I hate feeling like I need to prove to my children that I am good enough for them. I hate when they make me feel that I'm not, when I know that somewhere in their head they are wishing they were still with their birth mother. I hate the fear that someday they will leave, that despite all I do they will choose to go to her and leave behind our family. How do I make all these feelings go away??? I have 2 children that are very good at bringing those feelings out in me. Making me feel that I'm just not good enough, that I'll never make it raising them, and that they really don't want to be here. I know that they have those days, I know that that is part of our life, but it doesn't make the hurt go away. When I look into their eyes and see confusion, and anger I just want to cry. Why can someone do the terrible things that she did to them, but yet they don't see that. I know there are reasons, I know that children always see their mother as wonderful no matter what she does or did, I know that, but don't always feel it in my heart. At times when I try to reach out to them and they pull away I don't think they know how very much it hurts. I know that as one of my children sees the things his "friends" from school are able to do, they can watch movies we don't watch, run around town whenever they want, they have name brand whatever they want, have game boys and x-box and all the things we don't have, I know that makes him jealous, and I know that in his head he would have those things if he wasn't a part of our family. But yet, this is the way our family is, and I wouldn't change our standards, or our lifestyle for any of my children. I just wish that it didn't hurt so bad.
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4 comments:
Sending you super big hugs!!
I believe it has to be that they take their frustrations out on you because they can't take them out on her, and not that they really think that way of you. You are such a wonderful person to have brought them into your family and I hope you know that no amount of stuff could compare with the love that you give them.That is what is most important and someday (not soon enough) they'll come to know that...
If your kids are half as smart as they seem to be, they know that you are the best thing that has ever happened to them, and with you is where they belong..
LOVE YOU!!!
Alex's human - Thanks!!!!
Just think, you have had the two most wonderful birth sons, that never put you through that, BUT (that being said) these are normal kid behaviors. I think of how many times as a teenager I put my mom through those same feelings. It makes my heart ache to know the pain and suffering that I put her through. Ask her, I am sure that she will tell you...
You are so great and so loving, someday they will take it all for granted. And also as AH said, someday they will know how good they had it. Name brand things come and go, x-boxes, video games and dumb movies aren't the memories they will have as adults. They will remember their childhood with you as loving, nurtured and their hearts will ache because of the pain they put you through. Maybe someday they will tell you thanks, and then you will know, without a doubt how worth the pain and suffering it all was. Until then, you will still know how worth the pain it is, because you are the mother, and you know that no matter what, these children are yours and you will love them unconditionally until forever.
We love you, and your family.
I don't know what to tell you, just wanted you to know that we love you and are praying for you. Raising kids isn't easy. Raising kids with baggage is a whole other thing.
A quote from our new favorite movie (well madders favorite movie) "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" Take care of yourself, we love you!
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