What?

Why did my hair stylist show up to cut and style my hair high as a kite? She admitted she was sorta depressed and had smoked a couple of fat blunts. I sent her packing. Did she really think I would let her use a razor to cut my hair and she was high on drugs? She is a great stylist and is only 20. I see her career going down the drain if she does not respect her clients enough to stay away from them when she is under the influence of drugs. Youth- sometimes you just want to knock some sense into their heads.

The Stories I Could Tell

I dunno it seems that I fight losing battles daily with the teens. They ask for help and advice and when you give it to them they do opposite of what you advised. Now as a counselor you don't tell clients what to do but help them to come up with viable solutions and alternatives to their problems, but with family members, sometimes you just skip preliminaries and get right to the point.

In the case of one of my beautiful nieces, I feel that I can give her advice when she asked, okay. So why did she have me searching for a use car and I found several students leaving for college and leaving their cars to sale, did she just hand out a thousand dollars to her boyfriend with his promise that he was purchasing a nice used car from his mother? Okay, it's been seven weeks and no car, just excuses. She's still dating him. Sometimes I just want to knock sense into her since talking doesn't work. Will these young girls ever learn?

The stories I could tell with six young nieces, they are endless. BTW, they do read my blog. They do not mind when I share their stories as long as I don't put their name on the blog. Hope it reinforces our conversations. They know I love them.