(written Tuesday, August 5, 2025)
It’s about deep pressure hugs when he is clearly cracking emotionally.
It’s about cleaning up messes I didn’t make and teaching them to clean up after themselves.
It’s about loving her and encouraging her to follow her dreams even after she’s been nasty when driven by fear.
It’s about instruction but moreso guidance and love.
It’s about the soft butterfly kisses from sweet little lashes.
It’s about giggles and tickles.
It’s about having people who pull me away from interests and into their lives.
It’s about seeing gifts develop in others and finding ways to promote their growth.
It’s about showing them my needs too so they can learn to care for adults who care for them.
It’s about growing in marriage.
It’s about playtime and mealtime and vacation time and rest time and workout time and sunset time.
It’s about noticing the colors of the sunset with many eyes.
What is parenting about? It’s about them and us together, apart, growing, and going.
Life is Sailing 
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