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[title] => The Hardest Part
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[bodytext] => The Hardest Part ~~~~~ The hardest part of being a parent Is leaning how to let go When your heart gets in the way Of doing something that you know When your children become independent And they push to have their way It’s like a knife through the heart When they stop listening to what you say The best of intentions get misconstrued As acts of power and control Tempers become enraged Wounding the heart and soul As we struggle to hold then closer The more they go astray As the grip through your hands Starts to slip away If wisdom could be handed down Like a used, holy shirt Maybe this transition would be easier Perhaps there wouldn’t be this hurt Though struggles make us stronger Life’s lessons comes in time Values will not lie dormant They will resurface on a dime Though it’s difficult to see them struggle Painful to watch them bleed To let them learn from their mistakes Is something that they need Pray for God to watch over them Until they come back to the fold Where your arms will be ready To embrace them and to hold [comments] => 2 [counter] => 167 [topic] => 21 [informant] => Jeff_Scott_Morehead [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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