Letting go of your babies...

Lets face it, none of us want our kids to grow up.  We love having them little. It's almost sad to watch them grow up and experience life. I can't imagine being a teen in this day and age. It was horribly hard when I was growing up and now things are worse. 

Briley's now in middle school. That consists of grades 6, 7, & 8.  In my eyes, even though she is 12, she's still just a baby. For her to experience the hard and difficult decisions at her age is unreal. 

There was an incident with drugs at her school yesterday. They had a code yellow and were on lock down. Some of the kids involved surprised me, but why should I be surprised?  It can be anyone.  I had to explain this to Briley yesterday and about picking her friends wisely. She's more of a floater. Does her own thing and is friends with everyone. There isn't one certain group that she hangs around with. I worried about this at first, but I don't now. I think it's best that she's not sucked into the CRAP that is in schools.  I don't just mean drugs... I mean all of it, the drama, sex, drugs, materialism, all of it!  She told me she was scared on the lock down.  I'm sure many of those kids were.  They're innocent and shouldn't be experiencing things like this yet.  But in reality, they are.

Sometimes it's hard to let go of your kids. I always remember my mom saying she would have to let go, and let God, when I was a teen. I'm experiencing that. You have to pray hard that you have instilled the right things into your kids so that they don't fall into peer pressure or go with the crowd cause it's "cool".  

Briley said to me last night that she thought it was stupid and couldn't believe it. Then she couldn't believe that some of the girlfriends would stay with their boyfriends either!
I guess so far I'm doing a good job! :)

I told her that she couldn't even imagine what her punishment would be if I caught her in the middle of something like this. 

There are still many years ahead with the things of the world. I'm sure more to deal with as well. I'm just already praying for Lakyn because I can't imagine what will change in 4 years when she starts Kindergarten. It's scary to think about.

Our kids in schools need more prayers than we can even fathom! 
I'm glad that so far she's using a good level head. :)