Life is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward

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Ok, so I'm not the biggest "Rocky" fan. I really don't like boxing. However, I think that Sylvester Stallone is a really good writer, and this speech that is in Rocky Balboa (2006) hits the nail on the head when it comes to parenting. I feel like all my older kids should watch this video. I'm tired of hearing them blame me for things that aren't my fault. If they want something in life, they need to fight for it. I can only do so much. I raise them, and I think I'm doing right by them, but when they grow up to say horrible nasty things to me because they don't think I'm doing enough, that isn't ok. I have 6 kids. I can't support adult children, nor should I have to. I know this is cliche, but when I was my son's age, I was pregnant and had 2 jobs, because I was fighting to survive. He has never known that. He has never been dumped in the middle of the snow, in a place 3000 miles from home, and told to "get a job" or you won't have a place to live. That is what his father told me. As you can expect, things didn't work out very well. Life is hard. I complain a lot because things have hit my hard. My mental and physical health, along with some really crappy luck, but that doesn't mean I stop fighting. I have never stopped fighting, and neither should they. I hope life is easier for them than it has been for me, but even if it isn't, they need to fight. So today, even though life has hit me down pretty far, I'm going to take the hits and keep going...because Sly says so.