Parenting adult kids is harder than little ones. I had more control when they were young.

The author says that parenting adults is hard and sweet.

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• I never envisioned what life would look like when my kids were adults, but here we are.
• Regardless of where they are, they still come to me first.
• I've learned to wait and not to give unsolicited advice.

I never imagined how my life would look when my kids were grown and gone. But I blinked, and here we are, living as beautifully and chaotically as when they were little.