In the midst of the chaos and limited resources, my day can get pretty stressful. I can't count how many nights I've put my kids to bed, gone in my room and cried myself to sleep. Being a single mom of 3 strong minded and energetic boys is TOUGH, to say the least. I cook, clean, run around for different sports all week, work full time and volunteer at my kids' school, all while playing mediator and referee. And yes, I do it alone, no partner to pick up the slack or take over when I'm exhausted. I have to keep moving no matter what. Today, my son was suspended from school. For what? Well, for standing up to a kid that's been pushing him and his brothers around for the past year. One thing about my boys, if you mess with one, you' re messing with the whole pack. And if you mess with their mama, watch out! Lately, I've been more impatient than I normally am with my boys and I've had to apologize for yelling at them, which I rarely have done. So after getting them back from their Father's this past weekend, I wanted to love on them and show them just how proud I am of them. I am extremely blessed with very intelligent and warm hearted children, with pretty impressive senses of humor! So at the end of the day, no matter how frustrated and drained I am from slaving after my babies, that warm hug I get, kiss on my face and the sound of their sweet little prayers is more than enough to remind me of why I will self sacrifice the rest of my life for the blessings God has given me. Now back to my son being suspended. The story is, a kid at school cornered my youngest son and started bullying him on the playground, so my twins (the big brothers) stepped in to have a conversation with this kid after my youngest went and told them about the incident. I was very proud of how they verbalized themselves in expressing their discontent with this child. However, this child (the bully) as usual, began pushing my older son and escalated into my son pushing him back and threatening to beat him up. My children are very aware of the consequences of making a threat. But can't a person only take so much?
So I've decided, instead of putting my son on restriction for getting suspended from school (which is his first time ever), and taking away all of his privileges which is what I would usually do. We are going to celebrate his first time getting suspended! I'm not going to tell him that's what we're doing, but I'm going to have an eventful day with my son on his day off and tell him just how proud I am of him being the amazing person that he is.