Parenthood

It seems like parenthood ought to get easier as time goes by, but as I have experienced it so far, it just seems to get more difficult.

I always thought that our worries would be over when the kids leave the nest. Now that the first one is gone and the middle one is on his way out, I cannot imagine how I was so naïve. The older they get, the more stress they seem to cause us. Or maybe that is just me.

Part of the problem with older children is that they are not children anymore. They do not...