Day 14 – “Letting Go”

Day 14 – “Letting Go”

“To let go is not to regret the past,But to grow and live for the future.” When we are hurting over the choices and actions of our child we spend a lot of time dwelling on the past, reliving periods of time and events over and over again, looking for all the things we...
Day 13 – “Letting Go”

Day 13 – “Letting Go”

“To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone,But to try to become what dream I can be.” What does God want for you? How long has it been since you took time to seek His will in your own life? We spend most of our waking hours thinking about and worrying about...
Day 12 – “Letting Go”

Day 12 – “Letting Go”

“To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,But to take each day as it comes.” Our greatest desires involve our children living the way we want them to live. When our child is addicted we want more than anything for them to be clean and sober and become...
Day 11 – “Letting Go”

Day 11 – “Letting Go”

“To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, But to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them” Nagging, scolding, and arguing do not motivate our children to communicate with us or to see things the way we see them. We are not going to change or fix them by...
Day 10 – “Letting Go”

Day 10 – “Letting Go”

“To let go is not to deny,But to accept” As long as we are in denial about the fact that we have no control over our child, we will not be able to let go. It is not that we must accept what they are doing or not doing, but we do need to accept the fact that we are...
Day 9 – “Letting Go”

Day 9 – “Letting Go”

“To let go is not to be protective,It is to permit another to face reality.” We want to protect our children, don’t we? It’s what we do because it is what we have always done. From the time they were little we have been there to shield them from danger and to protect...