Their Future.

The other day a podcast I was listening to (I honestly can not remember what one it was) gave me a challenge that has been sticking with me all week. The challenge was to make a list of all the things you want for your kids' future. All your hopes and dreams for their lives. If your kids are grown up, think about what you wanted for their lives when they were younger and think about how those hopes and dreams have changed as they grew up. 

I need to actually write a list and put it to paper but I do tell my kids what I want for them and how I see them. I tell them all the time that they're smart, beautiful and brave. I tell them all that time that they can do anything they want in life because their mother and I are on their side no matter what. When they get older I will hope that they see how I treat their mother as a model of how they should be treated. I hope then that they will then get a decent person to love them for the rest of their lives. I hope by me being open and honest about my mistakes in life that they can learn from them and be that much further in life. I hope that they see how hard I work to make sure they have a good life, and by helping me work around the house, they will develop a good work ethic.

I know when I was growing up that my parents tried to Instill all of this into us and some of it stuck and other times it did not. I know that there were times in my life that I had to be stubborn and try to figure it out by myself and just barrel through life. There were even times in life that they even prayed for me to make better choices. They even prayed for me to end a relationship with one of my girlfriends because they knew it was not going anywhere and it was hurting me to stay with her. But through all this they loved me and supported me.

It is never too late to learn from my parents and I will support my Kids through it all. If they learn from me and follow the hopes and dreams we have for them, Awsome. If not I will back them up, because they are smart and brave enough to barrel through it just like I did.

I need to sit down with my wife to make the list and I need to ask my parents if I followed their list for me. I have a feeling I did not follow it completely….