a song....

"Fathers be good to your daughters
Daughters will love like you do
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers be good to your daughters too"

this song by john mayer pops in my head once in a while. working with different families has been challenging,
yet, a privilege when they allow you to enter their lives, and sometimes, become one of them.
yet, there are times when you just don't want to accept the reality of how some families understand
what their roles and relationships are. right along these lyrics is also the biblical command
for parents not to embitter their children. This verse has been more meaningful after working with children who suffer from abuse, mostly from their own families. Whether as actual perpetrator or colluders
by not protecting their children.
How did we get this far, that we have convoluted relationships and love to the point of destroying one another? Will we recognize a redeemed relationship apart from this mire of
destructive relationships? I can't wait for the day when everything will all be fully redeemed....