No one told me

that when I was a mom of teenagers..........
..............there would be days that they hated me. 
..............there would be times that I could not fix it.
..............that it's better to nod and listen than to jump in and advise.
..............I would finally see the downside to hormones.
..............I can't give them the world.
..............I can no longer plan their future.
..............I would have to learn to pick my battles.
..............I would see myself in them and know exactly what they were thinking.....
..............and that that very thing would scare me to death!
...............I would need to hold tighter to God than I do to them.