Tori, so…….what ya gonna do when she wants you to take her back to see him more often? Like every weekend? I’m just asking.

Ricky seems like an exceptional young man with incredibly good taste in girlfriends! But is he good enough for our Madi???? I’ll have to think about that one for a while………like 10 years!!

Someone lied to me…

Or maybe that was at some ultra-conservative college I once heard about. Golly, stuff just gets mixed up in my brain sometimes and who knows how it’s all going to come out!

Cute kids; cute pics; fun weekend.

My question to you is — Did you get ANY sleep?

Our 17 year old granddaughter from out of state was here last week on her spring break. We had 25 family members at our house Sunday night for an early Easter Dinner. Noticed a cute 17 year old boy was sitting with our granddaughter and they were very taken with each other. The young man was cute as a button and wore a white cowboy hat. Found out he works on my cousins farm. They had gone 4 wheelin’ and hit it off. We noticed they were holding hands while the kids were hunting Easter Eggs. Everyone (including her Dad) thought things were moving to fast. Later I asked how long she had known him and she said “2 days” and seemed to be annoyed by the question. I told her later that it was hard to realize our oldest granddaughter was growing up.
With a hug she accepted my apology when I told her that I trusted her and knew she would always make good decisions. The next day I read your blog……….. Next time I’m calling you for pointers.

I’m with Momma Lloyd on the part where you said, “Yes, it may just be a cute little teenage romance to me, but this young man is important to my daughter and that alone is reason enough for me to treat her feelings with respect.” More parents need to look at it that way.

Madi & Ricky do make a great looking couple!

You and Russ have to be proud of her and you should be. You are great parents and she has the best examples to follow. I know you say you are winging it but you are doing a great job.

Oh dear–I may have to behave this FF.

Phyllis R–Thanks for not letting password issues keep you out!

jonny– Yeah, that shark thing is a great little icebreaker– if the conversation ever lags,
there’s always, “Speaking of sharkbites…”

Momma Lloyd– It is obvious that you treated your kids with respect because of the deep respect and love they have for you.

megs84– My mom wouldn’t have either! Different times, I guess.

I absolutely loved it when you wrote, “Yes, it may just be a cute little teenage romance to me, but this young man is important to my daughter and that alone is reason enough for me to treat her feelings with respect.” I felt that with my children’s feelings whether they were a toddler or a teenager. Whatever is going on with them is the biggest thing in their world at that time…regardless of how we are looking at it. Besides, it’s kinda fun to relive it a little through them.

What a jewel you are as a mother,Tori Taff. (well, as more than that but we are on this subject for now)

P.S. Note to Madi…girllllllllllll, he is cute! hehe