Being a parent doesn't get easier

Kristen has been home for 3 days now. Come over and walk in my living room and you will know that :) We are in the process of cleaning out the attic to store stuff from the basement to store her stuff from college Ugh!
It's been a good week but also has been a challenging week
When we had our children, we felt a responsibility to raise and guide them the best way we knew how
The goal? To have them grow into a responsible adult who makes their own decisions The hard part this week? Realizing that I did my job and sometimes it's a very hard thing when their choices aren't necessarily mine and I have to respect that difference.
When they were younger, if they made a choice we didn't agree with,we would listen but we had the veto power. We were in control.
As the parent of an adult, I can make my feelings and ideas known, they can listen ,but ultimately they have that control and veto power. That's a hard adjustment but if we did our job as parents ..It's ok.