“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.”

– Joyce Maynard

Maggie turned 19 yesterday.

It’s funny, as she gets older I think about all of the life lessons I wish I had a chance to talk to her about.

But then I realize how many I have left to learn myself.

It’s a new kind of challenge – being the kind of parent and father that she deserves.

This is so true of all of our important relationships in life – we work on ourselves so that we become and be more for those we love. Not for our own selfish desires.

Make it a great day.

Jake