Many people believe that when your children become adults (when they turn 18 or graduate college or get married or when ever that time is) you can take a deep breath and stop the constant worry. I worry so much.

My girls are 22 and 25 years of age. My oldest has been married almost 3 years and has an 8 month old daughter of her own. My youngest lives with her boyfriend who has two kids which stay with them every other weekend. I get calls from both girls when they are feeling low, sick, tired, stressed, etc. There is nothing I can do for them. I cannot kiss these kinds of boo boos away. I feel upset and stressed and depressed that they do not seem to be happy all the time. Or even most of the time. Sometimes I feel SO guilty because I do not want to talk to them. I want to avoid them, yet protect them all at the same time. They have very strong personalities and sometimes it is hard to talk to them because, as young people often do, they know EVERYTHING. And every little thing is HUGE in their eyes.

It just makes it hard to deal with them.