Sometimes the grief and guilt of it all is too much to bear.
I go over in my mind where I could have done better, in what ways I might have repeated the cycle of pain, loss, and abuse inflicted on me in childhood. I wonder if my daughter’s life has somehow been as unstable as mine was even though she didn’t move dozens of times, her parents didn’t bitterly divorce, and she didn’t experienceBut I also see the way she and her sisters are thriving. I see how they are happy, how much they love their lives, how real and honest and damn authentic they are.
Besides all that, I know that no childhood can be perfect. That’s impossible. And anyway, experiencing zero pain or struggle is not what we want for our children. They need to know how to get through tough times. No one is immune to that. I think the thing to remember is that simply by making a choice to make things better for your kids – by acknowledging that you are working on breaking the cycle – you are doing so much for your kids.Many of us who come from troubled or toxic homes were given the message that we are less than, that we are always going to mess something up. Maybe that’s why so many of us put this excruciating amount of pressure on ourselves to make perfect childhoods for our kids.
What a gift it can be to realize that you are enough, that you’re doing everything right – and that your kids have everything they could possibly need, and are going to be
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