The hardest thing for me about being a parent

I have always loved taking care of children. And I have always known I wanted my own children. The biggest surprise nearly six years later, even for a first born children whose used to decision making as a professional project manager, is having to make the right decisions for my children. 

I liked babysitting where the hardest decision might have been what to feed the kids, otherwise it was all fun and games. Knowing the decisions I make will shape the people my children are becoming is so stressful sometimes. I pray for guidance and good influences to learn and implement what is best more times then not. And I hope one day the kids look back on me and feel I did okay as a mom. That's my definition of success.