The Will Power of a 12 year old

I have the funniest 12 year old son who makes me laugh everyday, but makes me crazy everyday as well. Since we went on our spring break trip to Florida (which is where that sunrise photo is from) he has refused to take his ADHD medication. He threw up after eating crab legs and is associating it with taking his meds. Now he is trying to play the "I can't take this pill it's going to make me throw up" card. I believe this child will either be on TV when he grows up or will be a writer for some show like Modern Family when he grows up. We have emptied the capsule into applesauce, icecream, jokes that we could use a turkey baster and shoot it like a torpedo, emptied into juice, shoot it like a spit ball through a straw and on and on...oh the tears we have seem. The thing is that up until the crab leg incident he has taken meds since he was in 4th grade. He is in 7th grade now. I went to bed last night praying that I would do better today as I always do. My 12 year old promised that he would take it this morning since he got a new cell phone last night since his broke. the deal was if he didn't take the pill, he didn't get the phone. Guess What??? There was drama and gagging and fake choking and so on and he didn't take the pill, his Dad took the phone, he stomped out the door, and I just hate it when they leave for school on a bad note. Dad was in a mood and I started to get into a mood but wait... I did better because I didn't get involved. I sat there calmly and drank my lovely cup of coffee:) Now when the 12 year old comes home from school it will all fall on me and you will just have to wait and see what happens tomorrow, but for now I'm feeling pretty good about my day.

Very First Post

I'm so excited for the very first post of "Just Be". I love reading blogs and I get so many great ideas from them (decorating, cooking, organizing, praying, parenting and just miscellaneous stuff) that I just decided that I've got to start my own. I wake up every day wanting to do better than the day before. I want to feel comfortable in this now wrinkled skin with a few more dimples here and there that God gave me by just trying to "be". Be me and no one else. Trying to live each day doing what makes me happy. Some days I do and some days I don't. I'm going to try to keep track of my thoughts here.

I will eventually let you into my little world of craziness. If you are up for it come along for the ride and please feel free to share your comments along the way. This isn't going to be a one stop shop where you will always find the same thing.