Parenting is hard

You know, parenting is hard work. I think it must be the hardest job on earth. Although it's very enjoyable most of the time, and the love within a family is one of the most beautiful things ever, at times you feel like pulling your hair out.

Parenting doesn't come with an instruction booklet, oh yes you get those annoying booklets in baby packs for new parents with babies, that tell you how to do things the 'right' way, and yet eventually you find your own 'right' way.

But I have to say one of the hardest stages is the teenage years. The reason for this is, as a parent you find yourself in a situation of needing to let go. As a parent you try so hard to keep your children safe, then the day comes when they turn 18 and think they know it all, and don't need you anymore. Well, they think they don't need you anyway, but really they do.

I'm so proud of all my kids and I love them dearly. Even if at times they think I don't cause I moan at them for things like staying out all night when all I wanted was a simple text or phone call to say all was well, and what he (they) was doing. Oh well, I guess as a parent you have to go through a phase with your kids, and one day you come out the other side and can laugh about it all.