When life serves you lemons; just make light of it, and make lemonade.

 

I always tell my kids that life is not really hard; however, it's up to you to make the best of a worst situation. My two youngest kids who are currently still in school, Lord help me. My son who’s is now starting his sophomore year in high school. Who has been having difficulty last year in school, which now reflects the school he wishes to attend today; because he had several issues in school he is now forced to attend a school that he really doesn't want to attend, he also has the opportunity to be home schooled; that’s something I don’t want, but oh well I’ll have to chalk it up. Now he is feeling bad about the decision's he made for his- self, when he was cutting up in school last year. I tried to explain to him in the previous years that if he don't go to school to learn and stop making waves for his-self that when he finds something that he really wants to do he won't be able to do it; because he caused so much damages to his-self, that he will have to make a 360 degree turn-around in order for anyone to give him another chance. I explained it's not too late; he just has to want to make a change.

 

 

 My daughter the youngest of the three is in middle school. I explained to her that if she was to go to school and get all of her class work done, and if she has any misunderstanding of the work, then she need to ask for help in order to get a better understanding of the work in order for her to succeed in life. Since she wouldn't listen to the advice that I gave her, now she is finding herself having to repeat the eighth grade all over. She is feeling really bad; because she hadn't taking the advice that I had given her. Her comments to me were "Mom,” “if I have never listened to you before,” “I will now take everything that is not to my understanding to the teacher, for her to give me a better clarification of any and all of the school work." Now my kids realize that the lemons that they share are ready to be made into lemonade.