Amen, sister! My oldest just turned 16yo on Thanksgiving Day and I realize how quickly she'll be an adult and on with her own....everything. I always wonder if she will remember that every time I snapped at her unprovoked, I apologized immediately and admitted I was wrong. My mother didn't extend that to me and alot of my parenting style is me trying to give her what I did not get. Ive made wrong decisions for her that didn't impact her in the long run...or maybe it did, right? Only she knows. But I do want her to always know every version of me she got on any given day, loves her.
I think the fact that we are more aware of these things than our own parents were is half the battle right? They will know they are loved unconditionally.
I feel this as well.
Forgot to say thank you for sharing your truth 😉
Amen, sister! My oldest just turned 16yo on Thanksgiving Day and I realize how quickly she'll be an adult and on with her own....everything. I always wonder if she will remember that every time I snapped at her unprovoked, I apologized immediately and admitted I was wrong. My mother didn't extend that to me and alot of my parenting style is me trying to give her what I did not get. Ive made wrong decisions for her that didn't impact her in the long run...or maybe it did, right? Only she knows. But I do want her to always know every version of me she got on any given day, loves her.
I think the fact that we are more aware of these things than our own parents were is half the battle right? They will know they are loved unconditionally.