Pleasing people

Hey guys. My stepdaughter went home a few weeks ago and we had a lot of fun. A really good summer. I'm kinda laughing and trying to figure out what God is telling me here with this. She left her notebook that she was writing her diary in. I read it last night (she's 9/ too young for privacy) and kinda laughed. She only wrote it in when she was angry (didn't get her way, had to do chores, her brother was annoying) and a lot of it was how mean her step mom is. It shocked me at first cause I thought she had an awesome time, but then I was remembering this article I read about "mean moms". Those of us who don't kiss every boo boo and fix every problem because there will be things in this world that mom can't fix and we're raising adults, not adult kids. I kinda was almost proud reading that notebook because it's proof that I'm doing a good job. I'm a really fun and really nice mom so if my kids think I'm mean, I know they're hearing me. But I laughed even more about it this morning because Chris keeps getting on me about not being strict enough with the kids and disciplining them right or going through with threats. And I'm realizing no matter what, I can't please everyone. To my kids I'm the evil step mom. To Chris I'm a wet blanket. I just have to step back and realize the only one I'm here to serve and please is my Lord. If he is satisfied then I have done a good job. Anyways, it's just a little thing I've been learning these last couple weeks and wanted to share!