I am far more lucky -- and blessed -- than I have ever done anything to deserve.
In a world that seems to revolve around hatred and cynicism, she still loves these gentle tales, she enjoys the quiet, loving things that I try to share with her, and she finds the in the world things good and wonderful... and I spend everyday fighting to help her be able to do that.
I find being a parent a strange and daunting task. As she is is growing into this totally separate and unique human being it's both as if I knew she would always be this way and yet as if I have never met her before. I spend most of my waking time fighting to share my beliefs and thoughts and knowledge with her and yet it is both amazing and terrifying to see her incorporate those teachings into her own attitudes and beliefs.
It is a humbling thought to know that how I behave, doing even the most mundane of tasks, forms her view of how the world is and how she should approach life.
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Date: 2004-03-13 07:54 pm (UTC)From:In a world that seems to revolve around hatred and cynicism, she still loves these gentle tales, she enjoys the quiet, loving things that I try to share with her, and she finds the in the world things good and wonderful... and I spend everyday fighting to help her be able to do that.
I find being a parent a strange and daunting task. As she is is growing into this totally separate and unique human being it's both as if I knew she would always be this way and yet as if I have never met her before. I spend most of my waking time fighting to share my beliefs and thoughts and knowledge with her and yet it is both amazing and terrifying to see her incorporate those teachings into her own attitudes and beliefs.
It is a humbling thought to know that how I behave, doing even the most mundane of tasks, forms her view of how the world is and how she should approach life.