It hurts more than feeling like the whole world is against you, because even then, in the back of your mind, you hold to the knowledge that your parents still love you. Feeling like a burden or like your parents resent you. It can't and doesn't get worse than that.
We don't choose our parents. We get what God gives us, and that's just it; God gives us these two people to care and love us unconditionally the way He loves us. We're His children. I am so thankful that He will always love me no matter what. I am not a burden to God.
When one of the two people assigned to a child by God decides their time as a parent is up and that their job is done, how could the child for one second not assume that they were just another chore. Just so we're clear parents, your time is never up. Your job is NEVER done.
For teens out there who are sexually active, thinking "It's my body. I can do whatever I want.", when you become pregnant, you are responsible for another living creature. Guys, if the girl you're sleeping with gets pregnant, you too are responsible. Not just physically responsible, but emotionally as well. When an unexpected pregnancy happens out side of marraige, the child concieved can grow up feeling like their parents wish they'd never been born.
Single parents. I know how hard it is. I know you try to do the best you can, but you can never try too hard to be a good parent, especially when your child spends over half their day at daycare and they hardly see you. When they're with you they just want you. That's all you have to give them is the time of day. Let them know that you're not just sending them to daycare to get rid of them during the day. I know every parent needs a break sometimes, but being a parent is an honor and it shouldn't be taken for granted. Don't take for granted the short moments you have with your children.
I pray that my future children never feel like a burden. I don't want to take for granted one second of the time I get with them.
I don't want to be my parents and I hope my children never say the same about me. I want to close this post with the message that life is too short. It's too short to waste the precious time we have with our children and it's too short to be selfish. I don't just want to be a parent someday, I want to be the best parent I can possibly be.
