How Did This Conversation Turn Around..

I had a meeting with my daughters social worker yesterday so that she could up date me on how things were going. She ask me how I thought she was doing. I said right now she is doing great because it's the summer and she isn't in school. In fact she said she didn't need to see you anymore, how ever I did tell her I thought that she really needs to keep going. She thought that was a good response. She wonder where my husband was and I told her with our schedules he couldn't make it. From there I told her about us working different shifts and having different days off. She than ask if my husband and I had a good relationship. I said oh yes he is my best friend, my rock, my salvation! We well be married 27 years in September after all!! She said how she really likes my daughter that she is a great person and I agreed with her and said that my daughter has the greatest heart and of course by this time I am crying! I told her sorry I cry all the time and that is when the conversation turned from talking about my daughter to talking about me and my feelings. How did that happen? She asked if I was a worrier and I told her I am. She ask if I felt like I was depressed. I said sometimes I do feel that way,but it is self diagnosis and anxiety! Sounds like you and your daughter are a lot a like. In a lot of ways we are. We talk about me losing my mom last year, more tears of course. Why I feel like I can't let go of the apron strings. Here I go to talk about my daughter and some how it ended up being about me. How did that even happen? I ended up with a headache because of crying so much I hate that! So it also ended up that I need to let her do things on her own she is 17 after all. She ask about my oldest son and that turned out talking about how hard that was when he moved out. How if i didn't have the other two I wouldn't have even got out of bed. I felt like I got sucked in, here we were supposed to talk about my daughter and it ended up mostly talking about my feelings. I guess it all ties in because she did say my daughter doesn't bad mouth my husband and I like some of the kids do, that is really good to know! The biggest thing is she wants to do things on her own. Right now one of her friends moved away and the other friend is always cleaning house. I don't want her to be out there on her own by herself. I don't know it is really hard being a parent and even harder being the mom!!