Laugh at Life with me: Teenagers
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I am a parent of two ever growing, always eating, forever eating, can’t stop eating, boys. As a parent I try to do my best in all areas, but there have been times when I have slipped up and my behaviour, deed or thought has not always been so honourable. At times like these, I have had to humble myself and grit my teeth whilst receiving a lecture from one son or the other about my errant ways. You can well imagine that I was often not too pleased about receiving such a lecture by little people, who had not long been on this earth. But I believe that things go both ways and as adults we have to come to the realisation, that sometimes we are certainly not always right.
Sometimes it is good to be humbled by our children, without feeling the need to retaliate in some way. This obviously would be in the hope that our egos would not be too bruised by the delivery of their speech, and that the urge to deliver an egotistical sharp swift “clap” to their forehead would not be needed. There is the notion that being older means being wiser and in my life-time I have certainly realised that this is not always true. Come on now, I bet many of you have a relative who you would rather not associate yourself with, because he or she is an embarrassment to the seed of mankind, never-mind the family. There is always one relative who thinks he or she knows it all. These are the people who are never wrong, who can tell tales and lies about every possible experience in life and make out as if it is all truth . This is usually a male relative (yes peeps I am seriously asking to be put in exile by this comment) ... yes a big, pompous, arrogant pig of a person, whose only saving grace is that he is related to you. Otherwise you would quite happily assign them to shovelling manure in the Australian outback as part of some chain gang.
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About the Book
Laugh at Life with me: Teenagers is a book I have been looking forward to publishing for a long time now. Even though it is a comedy it is also very poignant and holds great importance to me because it tracks the journey of my teenage son through the transition of boy through to teenager.
This stage in our lives has certainly proved to be an interesting journey, sometimes a conflict of emotions, ideas, understanding, yet other times the realisation that my son is almost an adult and with this comes all the other positive elements, such as a firmer bonding as friends, a companian, yet in his own right he is emerging into his own identity. He’s taller, more handsome and I can see the man he will emerge into and I’m pleased with the pending results.
The book takes a look at various aspects of teenage life and growing up both from the perspective of myself as a mother and also from the perspective of my son and how this affects other family members. I have tried to be equally balanced in my views of how we both act, react, sometimes with all the best intentions in the world, yet other times, these intentions are misconstrued and arguments arise. Yet, this is all part and parcel of being a parent and journeying together as a family.
So I hope this book not only entertains you, but as always, endears you to seek beyond the humour to identify elements of truth.
About the Author
Esther Austin is in her early forties and has two boys. She was bought up in Willesden, has two sisters and is of Barbadian parentage. She loves spending time with her children, going to the theatre, writing, eating out, studying and being active. Esther is a very ambitious and spontaneous individual. She is passionate about what she does and her desire to empower and inspire others is unwavering. Esther teaches personal development courses and is studying towards becoming a Personal Life Coach. Author Esther has a passion and love of writing. She writes comedy, inspirational material and poetry. She has poems published in several different anthologies, has had material read over the BBC World Service, has read poetry over the air, had 10 of her best poems published in 2002 in a book called Ocean Spray by Forward Press. She has also published a short horror story. In April 2003 she had a compilation of her own poetry published called Emotions in Transit – This is Life, ISBN: 0-9545918-2-8. In October 2003, she published a comedy book called Laugh at Life with Me – From a Little Bajan Woman’s Perspective (Volume I) - ISBN Number: 0-9545918-0-1 and in April 2004 Laugh at Life with Me (Some More) – From a little Bajan Woman’s Perspective ISBN: 0-9545918-1-x (Volume II). In September 2006 she published Looking on From the Outside: Sister to Sister, a powerfully, poignant book of poetry dedicated to those who have someone suffering from cancer. ISBN 1-4259-3729-2. In 2007 she will be publishing another comedy called ‘I Love Visiting Barbados.’ This hilarious little book will take the reader on a journey of Esther’s exploits and draws from the experiences of family and friends as they holiday in Barbados. The book is a wonderful mix of part fact and fiction, giving the reader an insight into the beautiful island of Barbados and its lively and vibrant culture and people. Caribbean Woman – Focus In the Community (www.caribbeanwoman.co.uk) Esther Austin also runs an inspiratonal website.