This Mother Hen Wants Her Chicks Back

So I am sitting here thinking about my munchkins, both out of the house now, living their lives, dreaming their dreams, pulling out their hairs, oh wait those are my hairs!!!! I remember some 27 plus years ago when my husband and I were married and I said to my mother before walking down the aisle, "so this will be nice for you, no more having to worry about me, I will be married", her reply was, "no, now instead of just you to worry about I have you and your husband to worry about." I didn't quite understand that statement at the time, but now as an empty nest mom it really comes home. You see both of my munchkins have honeys (and yes I worry constantly about all 4 of them), while one munchkin, C, lives out of state, she has known her honey for almost 2 years now, and yes I would say they are serious (yes I am comfortable with her choice), my other munchkin, T, lives here in town, works 2 jobs and has known his honey for over 4 years now, I see him nearly as often as I see my munchkin that lives out of state, about twice a year, LOL. Now you say what is taking him so long, well you see he is very practical like his dad (we dated 8 years before we got married), T needed to finish college and now he is trying to save a little before they actually settle down. C's honey wants to marry her but he too is practical and wants to save a bit before they settle down and so he can buy her the ring she wants. Ah yes to be young and practical.... Works for me but you can imagine the 2 girls are saying all right all ready. It is hard to explain to these young but mature munchkins how very fast time does fly and that they have a lifetime ahead of them.
Now both munchkins are actually still trying to get that "ideal" job. T wants to be a career fire fighter, he has been a volunteer since he was 16 and has worked his way up to Lieutenant, but career fire fighting is highly competitive so we wait until that 1 door opens just for him and it WILL open (because it has never experienced the wrath of this mother!!!).
C has worked various jobs using her Psychology degree, research and now a counselor in a crisis shelter. She has realized that since she forever takes her work home with her emotionally that perhaps neither of these are the career for her. So she is on to another avenue, Middle School Math teacher. After scoring nearly perfect on the SAT math test and the GRE math test she has decided she has a fairly good grasp of math (I'll say, her grandfather had her and her brother learning multiplication before the first grade) and the concept of having holidays and summers off with "future children" is a pretty nice plan. So C having been accepted into an accelerated Masters program is going for her teaching certification in middle school math. Hopefully third time is the charm.
It is really hard to watch your child struggle. Whether it is learning to walk, swim or just survive in life. And trust me it seems that society does not want to make the path at all easy for our aspiring adults. It seems like everything is always everyone else's fault and supervisors either won't admit to being wrong or just flat out won't back up their employees even when they follow protocol.
Yes this mother is pulling out her hair. We raise our munchkins to be honest, hard working, and respectful adults only to have them find out just how dishonest, lazy and disrespectful society really can be. Maybe our ancestors were right when the whole extended family lived together, at least then everyone had instant support.
Oh Bother!!!!