Prodigal
We long for the day to become parents - and then we do. We long for the day the baby walks - and then they do. We long for the day they talk - and then they do!! We long for the day they start school - and then they do. We long for the day they can drive - and then they do. We long for the day they graduate - and then they do. We send them off to college to grow up - and then they do. But along the way, we are constantly teaching them. We are instructing them as they grow. We tell them No, Good job, this way not that way. We soothe their hurts when someone is mean to them at school. We applaud them when they do a good deed. We are there for their highs and there for their lows...We teach them respect. What it means to respect us, their teachers, other people. Treat others like you would like to be treated. You never know what someone is going through to make them act the way they do so treat them with ...