So these past couple of weeks have been emotionally exhausting. My husbands first cousin passed away. She was only 22 years old. Such a sad situation of how it happened too. It was a drug overdose that ultimately took her life. I couldn't wrap my head around the whole concept of losing a child. I imagined that as the parent you are thinking to yourself: where did I go wrong?, Should I have done more of this or that? etc... I have discovered that you only get one shot to raise your children. You better implement everything you think you should. Then reality kicked in, which was even more terrifying. You can do everything just right and your child can still stray. So now I'm completely distraut at this point in my mind. What is the key then, what is the answer to good parenting? Well take it for what it's worth, but the answer I came up with is LOVE! Not just any kind of love though. I'm talking about unconditional love here. You just have to hope and pray for the best for each of your children. Being that I have 3 kids under the age of 5 it's pretty overwhelming. The only advice I can give as a parent that (definately doesn't have all the answers) is to love each child individually. Do your best to meet their needs that matches each of them. Make them feel special and important in this life. Make sure that no matter what you always say "I Love You". What are any of your thoughts on how to truly parent?? I would love to hear :)
