Love

I am so glad I am a parent, trying though it may be at times.  That ultimately giving of yourself, until there really is no more to give is an amazing thing.  Even when your children do things that you don't approve of or would not have thought of yourself, once you get through the surprise of it, there it is all over again...a love feeling that you could never disguise.  You love them for who they are and what they do, regardless of who you are and what you do.  You realize that you lived your life and it is time for them to live their life...as they wish.  You hope you have given them as many tools, between the chromosomes and the role modeling, in order to make good decisions and be happy.  And in the end there comes a point when you realize as exhausted as you are emotionally, physically and financially, that you would do it all over again or even one more time, had you everything you needed because giving of yourself has to be the most fulfilling thing you can do-- From the moment you realize you have helped to create that little being until ever....

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