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"You're so lucky. You never had to fight with your kids in the morning."
It was a little before midnight, and I was about to finish up and go when my phone lit up with a text from my daughter. She is twenty-five years old and lives five to six hours away. This is what it said:
"Mom, I was going to come home and surprise you for Mother's Day, but when I texted Dad, he said a surprise might not be a good idea in case you had plans. Are you free? I can meet you somewhere halfway on Sunday for brunch and then come home for the week and work remotely."
The Quitter Accusation
She pulled me aside and let me know, in no uncertain terms, that I was making a mistake. I was teaching my daughter to be a quitter. I had paid good money for those classes, and I should make her see it through to the end. What kind of lesson was I sending by letting her just walk away?