Since I was a teen, life has become even more confusing. Actors, athletes, rock stars, and celebrities make more money than they can ever spend, and then they show up on the cover of tabloids for substance abuse, multiple divorces, and sex scandals.
Computer nerds become overnight millionaires, and our leaders do immoral things that are tolerated.
The latest fad that everyone absolutely must have is in the garage sale pile only a few months later. At times, it may seem like the world is inconsistent, hypocritical, and makes no sense at all. I was now the mother, and I felt unprepared for the events that were to greet me. Junior year was the worst year of our relationship. Everything went wrong, from volleyball, to the boyfriend who hated her family, to plummeting grades, to racial incidents in the halls.