I watch you growing up
And I find myself alone
Begging for the strength
To one day let you go
To watch you walk away
No more bedtime stories
No more skinned knees
No more “but mom please”
I didn’t know…
I’d run out of time so soon
That you’d be mindlessly
Saying goodbye each day
As you run to your friends
As you stop saying “love you”
I didn’t know…
We’d grow apart like this
That we’d fight about things
About being kinder
About respect and love
About gratefulness
And having patience
Or having compassion
I didn’t know…
It would be this hard
To let you find yourself
To let you become you
Into you without me
HASTYWORDS 
She’s adorable! It’s hard not to hold on too tightly. Maybe cling just a little while longer….
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Yea I’m giving her room but it’s terribly hard
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Hard as it is, that means you’re succeeding at parenting – that she’s so independent and confident xx
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The attitude right now is painful ugh.
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Yeah. It can be unpleasant. I was an unpleasant teen. Just keep on keeping the lines of communication over and she’ll pendulum back to you 💖💖
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It is hard, on both sides, and Lizzi’s right, you are doing a great job of it and so is the kid.
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Hasty – parenting
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So many parents will be having these thoughts. It certainly strikes a chord with me. Thank you
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parenting is bio-degradable
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I comprehend and feel this whole-heartedly – then and now. I am now on the other end, having to let go as they live their lives and build roads toward their future. It’s bittersweet – but survivable. Parents have been doing this sort of thing for ages……..at least this is what I keep telling myself;)
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