My role as Kara’s Mom.

My job as her mother:

1. Make sure she’s happy all the while making sure she doesn’t take advantage of that first rule.
2. She has one request right now and I respect that and will do whatever it takes to make sure she gets what she wants.
3. Make sure I can curb her skydiving addiction while at the same time feeding it too.
4. Remind her that driving is a privilege and not a right.

What I have done to fulfill my duties.:

1. I listen to her. I support her. I give her space. I smother her. I ground her. I make sure she knows the rules and follows them.
2. I will bend over and snap if it makes her one wish come true.  If that means I ruin my credit beyond all measure, then so be it.
3. She begs to go skydiving. I remind her how many times she has been, how much it costs and promise ‘later’.  I know the addiction of stepping out of that plane, the rush of the canopy opening and the ache for the feel of the ground under my feet and I let her go every few months to remind her that there is nothing that she can’t do in this life. She is stronger than any 17 year I have ever known in my life.
4. I swore if she decided to skip class or even be late I take the keys away.

Next up…Alyx.