Each of us must carefully decide what our job description as a parent will be. Mine is to raise J into a courageous young man who can love and is loved. He is confident and secure. He has passions worth chasing and work ethic that will carry him through the storms. He is curious and kind. Respects his parents for the humans that they are - imperfect but always well-intentioned. I hope he sets healthy boundaries with how the world treats him and how he treats the world. I hope he travels and sees things very different than what he's ever known. The job of a parent is complex. I am a student and not a day passes that I don't wonder how I can do it better.
A thought from Glennon:
I always feared that my babies’ pain was my failure.
But if learning to step into life’s struggle is my warrior journey, isn’t it theirs, too?
More than anything, I want my kids to grow to be a brave, kind, wise, resilient humans.
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A thought from Glennon:
I always feared that my babies’ pain was my failure.
But if learning to step into life’s struggle is my warrior journey, isn’t it theirs, too?
More than anything, I want my kids to grow to be a brave, kind, wise, resilient humans.
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So what is it in a human life that creates bravery, kindness, wisdom, and resilience?
What if it’s pain? What if it’s the struggle?
The bravest people I know are those who’ve walked through the fire and come out on the other side. They are those who’ve overcome again and again - not those who’ve had nothing to overcome. They are the ones who no longer avoid the fires of life - because they have learned that they are fireproof.
What if we are trying to protect our kids from the one thing that will allow them to become the women and men we dream they’ll be?
Maybe our job as parents is not to protect our kids from pain, but to hold their hands and walk into their pain with them.
If we want to invite our children to be Love Warriors, we need to look at them and say: “I see your pain- it’s big and it’s real. But I see your courage, too - and it’s bigger and it’s more real. That fire won’t burn you up, baby, You’re fireproof."
Last night at bedtime you read to me (you know many of your books by heart). Growing, growing, everyday!
What if it’s pain? What if it’s the struggle?
The bravest people I know are those who’ve walked through the fire and come out on the other side. They are those who’ve overcome again and again - not those who’ve had nothing to overcome. They are the ones who no longer avoid the fires of life - because they have learned that they are fireproof.
What if we are trying to protect our kids from the one thing that will allow them to become the women and men we dream they’ll be?
Maybe our job as parents is not to protect our kids from pain, but to hold their hands and walk into their pain with them.
If we want to invite our children to be Love Warriors, we need to look at them and say: “I see your pain- it’s big and it’s real. But I see your courage, too - and it’s bigger and it’s more real. That fire won’t burn you up, baby, You’re fireproof."
