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JRW...
You are right. Letting them grow up means helping them discover who they are and what they want. This, in turn, is how we hope they will deal with their children, and so forth. When my oldest was born, I looked at my husband and said, "We are going to know joy like we have never known joy...and we are going to know sorrow like we've never known sorrow." He looked at me, "Say what??!" I remember saying to myself, he may not see it now, but he will see it one day. It doesn't necessarily mean bad things happening. Watching them grow causes feelings of ambiguity...happiness and sadness.
Thanks for sharing your story...
Ang
You are right. Letting them grow up means helping them discover who they are and what they want. This, in turn, is how we hope they will deal with their children, and so forth. When my oldest was born, I looked at my husband and said, "We are going to know joy like we have never known joy...and we are going to know sorrow like we've never known sorrow." He looked at me, "Say what??!" I remember saying to myself, he may not see it now, but he will see it one day. It doesn't necessarily mean bad things happening. Watching them grow causes feelings of ambiguity...happiness and sadness.
Thanks for sharing your story...
Ang