Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall

>From: "Lisa Bugg" <LisaBugg@...>
>When we as adults need to take action to protect our children, and bump up
>against the control used against us for most of our lives......well... it's
>a big hair deal and scary as all get out. Once you *defy*, once you make
>this your own decision, a hundred other things will come up. Things you
>need to change for the good of your family.

Exactly! Except it wasn't that big of a step for me (actually there was NO
BIG STEP) as I have been defying my parental control my entire life. It
made for a really rocky childhood, but it certainly made it easier to be an
adult with control of my own life later.

>When I drew the line in the sand and said no more..... my mother quit
talking to me.

Luckily for me (I think) my parents are well accustomed to me telling them
to $#%$# off and mind their own business, so they don't try to control my
life. They know that in the end I will do what I feel is best and that if
they want to have any kind of relationship with me or their grandchildren
they need to step off their pedestals and take us as we are.

Nanci K.