There is something generous and amazing about having a child.
Not just the miracle of existence, but the idea that you can guide them through this world to help them bloom into the person they will become. You help them learn, encourage them, protect them.
But most of all you step back and watch. Because their life is as unique as your own, and you can’t change it or control or diminish it.
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