It Just Came To Me

I wake up roll over and look at the clock 5:45 a.m. Let the day begin!  Another day of worrying about the life of my teenager.  You see life for him has not been easy.  He suffers from severe anxiety.  Which I don’t understand and it make zero sense to me.  I do know that I can tell days when is more anxious as opposed to days he probably feels “normal”.  My job as a mother is to make him successful, and to fit into society.  Which has proven to be rather difficult when what is in his head is more powerful then what comes out of my mouth.  I have been thinking of a way to make this 14 year old, awkward, not comfortable in his own skin teenager, see him how others do. 

I was mopping the kitchen floor and it came to me.  He needs 30 day of positive.  How does a mother do 30 days of positive when what he tells himself is more powerful? I went to the ever so popular facebook.  I just posted a simple statement, “I am looking for people to write letters to “Joe” with some positive qualities.  Please, email me a letter if you would like to”. (Vague is sometimes good). I also emailed some teachers and just asked them if they wanted to participate.  I than received from friends, neighbors, family, and people I never thought would, letters to “Joe”.  Brought tears to this mom’s eyes.

I have been leaving one on his bed every day while he is at school.  He will continue to receive them for a whole month. The change in his attitude, and self esteem is amazing.  Who wouldn’t want a letters from people that tell you the good they see in you?  I would highly recommend this to any mother who has the teenager that is struggling.  I promise you won’t regret it.