My 17 y/o daughter wrecked her car a few days ago. She is fine and walked away without a scratch. However the last few days she has been driving me crazy about getting a new car! At first it was the insurance company needed to hurry up and get a check cut, then she has been unbelievable about searching for a new vehicle! Does she not understand first of all that she wasn't even supposed to be on that dirt road, that she was supposed to come straight home after work. Does she not understand that some things take time? I am still pissed about the fact that she broke rules that were laid down from the very beginning. Now she wants to do nothing but complain about how her life is ruined because she doesn't have a car! I am fed up with kids thinking they are entitled to everything they want and when they want them! So for Easter this year I am making my kids take $20.00 each ($40.00) and go grocery shopping for a family in need and take them an Easter Dinner they will never forget! I want them to start to be grateful for what they do have and stop demanding what they want. Hopefully this will teach my children something.
I know growing up I wasn't always thankful for what I had, as a matter of fact I was pretty damn self-centered. However, my parents had enough of that and shoved my ungrateful A$$ to the curb and gave me a hard life lesson. I slowly began to realize that everything doesn't come when you want it, that you have to work for everything. For those who read this and don't know me, I am 38 y/o and going back to school to make life better for us. Life is hard. Life isn't fair. You aren't entitled to anything. Be thankful for what you DO have.
