Training Wheels

I told our daughter yesterday to think of her father and I as training wheels. That she would need us to help her from falling. We will help to guide her but that she doesn't have to "lean" on us unless she needs us and that we are always there. But there will come that time when she will have to take them off and have to "ride" on her own. Doesn't mean she has to throw away the training wheels. Well, maybe I will keep them close. A mother is never too far away. I like to think you need your mother for the rest of your life. :) But coming from a teenager, they think they can do it on their own. That is why I tried to show her that we are there but she doesn't have to completely lean on us for everything.