The Wood Family

Well, I knew this day was coming, but I never thought it would be this soon. Heartache hit the Wood household Sunday afternoon. As I was preparing for the upcoming week, I started up the stairs to start some laundry. Destiny met me at the top with huge tears in her eyes and cell phone in hand. I had no idea where to begin to guess what happened. I soon found out that teenage boys just stink!

It’s hard to explain that these heartaches will make her appreciate the man that she will be with for the rest of her life. For now, it still stings. I thought that we would be able to get around this type of drama until she turned 16. Ha! Boy who was I kidding? I try to think back when I was around her age and I had my first boyfriend break my heart. Even though I knew that I wasn’t going to spend the rest of my life with him, the simple idea of rejection still dug deep into my emotions, as did with her.

I hope that she realizes that this is just another step in the right direction for finding the attributes that make up the man that she will want to be with. After watching the movie, Courageous, I took some time to really think about this part of her life. At this age, boys are a main part of her life. How can I, as the main woman figure in her life, teach her the right way in finding a husband? With her past, it’s important that she understands that marriages or relationships do not have to be the way that she has experienced. But the relationship that she will gain the most from in life is one filled with Love, Respect, and God. I hope that as we venture through her teenage years filled with boys, friends, and school drama, that we will be able to teach her that it isn’t about the drama itself, but the bigger picture in life. In every situation there is a positive to focus on, but it’s still important to be able to learn from the negatives in life.

I never thought we would have to cross this at such a young age. However, I am thankful that while we still have an influence in her life, we are able to guide her in a direction that is healthy and stable.

 Josh and I do hope that the man that she chooses will be one with integrity and choose to put God first in his life. Because when any man puts God first in their life, I know that they will treat her with the utmost respect and treat her like the woman that she will be!

I am thankful that every silly relationship that I had, ended the way that it did so that I could find the love of my life that God had planned for me. As we venture as a family through something so unknown as raising a teenager, we ourselves, as a couple, are venturing through an unknown journey of getting to know God. I am thankful that my husband and I are learning together the ways of breaking the chains of our past and starting a new with each other in the shadows of Christ.

This Valentine’s Day we were happy to have the ones that we have loved for years and those we have come to unconditionally love here recently near to us regardless if some stupid boy “cracked” their heart! We hope you had a great Valentine’s Day filled with love regardless if it’s with a significant other. Here’s to stupid boys making us appreciate the great ones!

I just have to include a picture from last night's Valentine's Dance. I'm so proud of her still going even though it was just with her friends!! She is just downright beautiful inside and out!