Stages

The last two days I've been forced to think about the different stages in life. We rush to become adults and then wish we could turn back the hands of time. Well I'm in that space as my daughter and I visit perspectives college campuses. I'm excited for the next stage of her life and at the same time I wish I had more time in this phase to accomplish more things on the "this will make you the best parent ever list" okay I just made that up, but as parents I'm sure many of you can relate to wanting more time with your child to redo some previous mistakes or to expose them to more before they tackle this big world. Well I'm quickly learning to let myself off the hook, ironically I'm letting my own parents off the hook as well because I now understand that we do the best we can, with what we have and with all the love in our hearts. I'm so proud that she is an awesome child. This makes me comfortable knowing she will be an amazing adult and our next phase will leave room for our relationship to continue to grow in a different direction.