Parenthood

As a parent, you want to send your child into the world prepared. You want them to make good choices and to be the kind of person you know they can be. You want them to choose good friends and stand up for what is right. And when they do, you are proud beyond measure. And when they don't, you doubt yourself and everything you have done. You wonder where you have gone wrong and what you could have done differently. And to think, I thought my job would get easier as they got older....