You know, we spend most of our childhood and our teen years wishing our parents would just leave us alone. We want our space. We want our independence. Then what happens? We grow up. We realize that our parents just might know a thing or two. We move away and we miss them. We wish we could be closer to them.

My growing up was a bit different than most, but I can say that now that I am older I wish I could see my mom more. I wish she knew how much I appreciated her. Since having my son, I wish she and I were closer so he had an active grandparent.

I just think it's funny how we spend so much time pushing those who care about us away when we're younger and then when we grow up we wish they were closer. We may even feel bad for how we acted at times when we were younger.