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Mary Ann Castillo

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Mary Ann Castillo has over 50 years of experience eating and has no plans to stop.

Parenting and peanut butter cookies

Thursday, August 6, 2020 ~ Updated 10:05 PM

There is something special about having your adult children come home. My home is my sanctuary. It's nothing fancy, but it is where I feel most at peace and something I am grateful for every day. When my children return home it just feels different. It feels a little bit more ... everything. Maybe that is what parenting is -- each stage is just training us to hold our breath a little longer until they return home so we can really exhale? Kindergarten. Childhood sleepovers. The Teen Years. College. I'm not entirely sure but when I take a moment to consider it all, I have to admit I feel like the joke is really on us as parents. We spend their lives thinking we are raising them, but the entire time, they are raising us, too. It occurred to me this is the part where God is saying, "Seriously, I've got this. This time you really need to let go and let me do my thing. They have their own purpose in this life. Just relax." So, I did. Kind of ...

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