SEVENTEEN: Lessons From My Children

Being a parent can be a joy, a frustration, or most often, a process of alternating back and forth between the two as we navigate life. We often step in to the role with little to no preparation or first-hand knowledge of the task at hand. We are, at once, teachers and learners in our parenthood. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail, and sometimes we just make it through to the next day. As soon as we get one phase of their life down, our child enters another. Life seems to be about prob...