The Scary Side of Being a Parent
Last week I heard that an eighth grader in my town, someone’s little boy, took his life. As a mom, the mere thought of this tares me into pieces. It makes my heart ache for that child, for that child’s parents, that child’s family. It scares me to pieces that something can make a child feel things are helpless, hopeless. Then today I read this. And Oh. My. Gosh. Being a parent is so frightening. I looked at my little monsters tonight, whose lives’ are entrusted to me, and realized that right now this is the easy stuff. I’ve stumbled … Read more