4th Grade

When we first had BeachBoy, I was warned about the late nights, colic, the terrible twos lasting longer than just that 12 month period, the heartache of that first day of school. I am in the process of preparing myself for the pre-teen hormones, the teenage years, again staying up late into the night as he drives and goes out, the heartache of his first heartbreak, meeting his future wife and not liking her at all, then accepting the woman he marries. THEN easy street with grandkids and all that joys that my parents are currently experiencing.



HOWEVER, no one, and I mean no one warned me about 4TH GRADE HELL!!!! There is no other way to describe the tumultuous household that we currently have with our 10 year old 4th grader:

No respect ~ No responsibility ~ attitude ~ no drive or ambition ~ doesn't care about school, sports, life in general ~ forgets EVERYTHING

He simply cannot get it together. If he survives to the age of 11, I will be stunned. Beachdad and I stay awake at nights trying to figure out what is going on, where our awesome kid went, and when is he going to come back home. I miss him terribly and I just pray he comes home soon - I will welcome him with open arms! Until that glorious day, however, we will continue to ride him, take away privileges, add to his chores, continue to love him and pray, pray, pray that things will get better!