A Serenity Prayer for Parents of Teenagers

because I really need this today!

Goddess on high,

Grant me the serenity to hold my rage while they roll their eyes 
right in front of me like I can’t even see them;
the courage to trust in the hours of driver training 
I paid for and to stop air-braking; 
and the wisdom to know that all of this is normal and 
it's not happening in just our home.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying the fleeting moments when they want to talk, 
or cuddle, or actually do something together;
Accepting the hardship of watching them flail and fail 
and figure out their own pathways.

Taking this parenting world as it is and 
not as I had pictured it in my mind;

Trusting that we’ve done our best with what we have and know, 
and that in spite of or because of that, 
these kids will be all right; 

That they will be reasonably happy with the life we’ve provided them
and supremely happy to know that we are always a safe place to come back to.
Forever my babies they will be.

Good Enough.