Raising the kids..........

We as parents constantly wonder if we're making the right choices for our children, if the choices we do make, how will those impact their lives, words we say how will it make them feel. If you know me well you know what I do for a living so you know I don't just have 2 children I have over 50 children. Everyday I make decisions that will impact their lives. Decisions that will either make it for them, what am I taking away or what am I giving back. Some people says it's like playing GOD, but far from it....It's a huge responsibility and boy I'll tell you I lay in bed many nights replaying my day asking myself if my decisions were the right ones.

Tomorrow, I have to sit down with a group of teens and talk about some things that recently happened and I am struggling to figure a way to approach them. What's hard is that we've worked with these kids for awhile now, most years and they are very important to me. I wear my heart on my sleeve, I want to swoop them up and protect them but I also need to empower them, I believe understanding there are consequences to one's actions good or bad.

You see we've come so far with a lot of these kids and even the slightest push will prevent them from being successful....
I guess if they walk away with one thing....I've done my job. But if they don't come back, how will I ever know....