Very new(ish) to reddit but had to share one of the best parenting quotes I've read yet about the journey. As a Mom of older kids (one 16, one 12)... this really spoke to me.

Parenting is to know all the previous versions of someone, to hold them inside your mind as they grow, as they unfold. It’s slowly learning to let go on the outside as their lives begin to take shape, separate from your own, while on the inside, in your strong, tender parent-heart, you never let go at all.(Author of the quote is Lynn Shattuck on elephant journal.) via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/29bop1H