I’ve been asking God lately why we have to spend so much time waiting as parents.  Sometimes its as simple as waiting for our child to pull themselves away from the computer so we can eat dinner as a family.  Other times, it is waiting to see if our teens will ever mature enough to be successful in this world.  We wait for them to get their driver’s license only to experience the consequences and financial burden of a speeding ticket or accident.  We wait for what sometimes seems like the impossible.  They push the limits, talk to us in disrespectful ways,  become addicted to a person, or substance, or they turn their backs on our core beliefs. Read more