Wisdom of Experience

Wisdom of experience . . . what a powerful thing to have and pass along.  But, passing it along is a very difficult and painful things to do sometimes.  And, for me, OMG, I keep running into the same issues regarding "my" wisdom; "my" advice. 

I have been through my share of heartaches and emotional relationships.  And, I have made many, many mistakes.  Mistakes that I have learned from.  Mistakes that I would like to protect those that I love from making.  Mistakes that have shaped me and helped me to grow.  But, mistakes, nonetheless, that I wish I hadn't had to make.

I have no biolgical children.  However, I have 4 "step-daughters" from a 13 year relationship I was in and I have 2 "step-daughers" and 2 "step-sons" from a relationship that I am now involved in.  It is very difficult being the non-mom Mother.  What I mean to say is that I am an adult in the household as is the kids' father and we try to make our homelife as family-oriented as we can.  Yet, when it comes right down to it, I AM NOT their mother; nor will I ever be.

And, there are many, many moments that they make sure that I remember this.  And, that, in and of itself, makes things very hard sometimes and very heartbreaking.

I pray that I can remain strong and set the right examples even though the heart is wounded.