Please tell me what it's like

amother

Thu, Aug 15 2024, 11:07 pm

What is it like to bentch licht and have your children home for shabbos?
All dressed the way you raised them to dress?
Married to people who are the type you wanted them to marry?
All frum?
Maybe I could live vicariously through you.

amother

Ivory

Fri, Aug 16 2024, 12:59 pm

Most of my kids are frum
One recently married to a nice guy
One when she was a teenager wore black leather shorts out
One got a nose ring when she was fourteen

amother

Poppy

Fri, Aug 16 2024, 1:05 pm

Not there yet at all …
Struggling through the teenage years
Never give up
Keep davening
Iy”h we will all come out on the other side

amother

Dandelion

Fri, Aug 16 2024, 1:51 pm

Wow, I guess I shouldn't take it for granted.
It's beautiful to see my older boys hustling on it the door to shul in their hats and suits. It's beautiful to see my teenage girl dressed and ready for shabbos even if she kvetches a lot.
The early years with my boys were extremely hard , but b"h now they have matured and I am so proud of them.
Hashem should give you comfort and you should see Nachas very soon!!!!

amother

Grape

Fri, Aug 16 2024, 3:10 pm

Apparently shabbos suits and shabbos shoes are nerdy these days.

amother

Burgundy

Fri, Aug 16 2024, 4:17 pm

Don’t give up hope. Raising children is hard and sometimes painful work. May you see the fruits of your labor and your Tefillos real soon.

DrMom

Sat, Aug 17 2024, 1:56 pm

I'm sure your kids have many positive qualities, even if they dress differently from how they did when they were younger, or if they travel in different circles.

Focus on the positive.

amother

Turquoise

Sat, Aug 17 2024, 3:08 pm

Just wanted to say I'm davening Hashem gives you koach and only nachas.....keep holding them tight, loving and hugging them, even when it's terribly difficult.
really feeling your pain.