05-31-2013, 09:19 PM
I know from what my oldest Daughter turned out to be (an RN nurse) that she does not remember all the concerts and basketball games, and chaperoned dances I did, nor the money I "loaned" her or all the times I fixed her car or the times I yelled at her asshole boyfriends or the night I had to pick her up in a few police stations for stupid shit or the amount of times I read her stories from a book at night.
That is all forgotten, parenting is not a thing of will they remember, but a thing of formulation and guidance gently nudging them back on the path without them even knowing you are doing it. Parenting is a selfless thing that if you are looking for gratitude it is not there and never will be. Only you will know how good you are and some people never get that.
What children do is carry on your legacy, if they don't kill themselves first during those lousy teenage years.......grrrrrr.
That is all forgotten, parenting is not a thing of will they remember, but a thing of formulation and guidance gently nudging them back on the path without them even knowing you are doing it. Parenting is a selfless thing that if you are looking for gratitude it is not there and never will be. Only you will know how good you are and some people never get that.
What children do is carry on your legacy, if they don't kill themselves first during those lousy teenage years.......grrrrrr.
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.