06/06/2025
"Hope"
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve failed.
As a parent.
As a protector.
As the one who was supposed to make everything safe and whole for my child.
There are days when I see her struggling and I feel helpless—
like I’m watching someone I love drown and I can’t reach her in time.
Her pain feels like my pain.
Her silence, her distance, her anger…
it all echoes inside me louder than anything else.
And I wonder: Where did I go wrong?
Could I have done more? Said less? Held her differently?🥲
But today…
I want to make space for something softer.
I want to remember that parenting isn’t about perfection.
It’s about presence.
It’s about still being here—
even when I’ve made mistakes,
even when she pushes me away,
even when I don’t have the answers.
I am still here.
I have not given up on her.
I have not stopped loving her.
And that—maybe more than anything—
is what hope looks like.
Hope doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine.
Hope means believing that healing is still possible,
even after all the hard things.
Hope means showing up again,
and again, and again, with love.
Even if it’s quiet.
Even if it’s messy.
I am learning that my role as a parent isn’t to fix everything.
It’s to be a steady light,
a soft place to land,
a voice that says,
“You are not too much. You are not alone. I am with you.”
Even when she can’t hear me clearly.
Even when I don’t know what to do.
My love is still a kind of prayer.
A kind of promise. A kind of hope.
And maybe that’s enough for today.