I watch you grow
Become a person with a mind of your own.
Your successes are a joy to watch.
In school
In relationships
At home
You are amazing.
Your smile radiates as you walk in the room.
Your spirit is wise beyond your years.
And yet…
Your struggles break my heart like they were my own.
Sports, friendships, and academics-
I wish I could make them all disappear.
Your sorrows are my sorrows.
Your challenges- mine too.
My hope is one day we will look back and be nostalgic over these times.
My hope is one day you will succeed in all that you choose.
My hope is one day this will all be small in the grander scheme of life.
But for now…
I am here
With love, support, and guidance.
Mrs. Bruno Writes 
So good!
I don’t have my own kids, but I feel your emotions with my nephews and nieces. It is so hard watching their struggles.
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Thanks Mandy… I think they don’t have to be your kids to feel those emotions. It is a challenge watching kids struggle when we have made it to the other side… or at least a bit to the other side!!
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Yep–our souls walk around outside our bodies. And nope, it’s impossible to be happy when they’re not. I’m pretty sure no one told me that before I got into this parenting thing.
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I identify strongly with your poem – my oldest son had some rocky years in middle school and I hurt for him. My kids are all grown up now, but I still have those moments of worry, along with the proud and happy moments.
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I enjoy reading your posts–they are poetry ! You have captured so well the emotions we moms experience watching our kids grow up. Now I’m watching my younger son experience these same ones as his children grow older. That cycle of life, eh? Not just a cliche, is it?
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Really, I never expected to feel all of my children’s sorrows and challenges . . . I’m not always so sure they understand my love, support, and guidance.
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It is definitely one of the hardest things I have every done.
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