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Melody knew that letting them grow and go was the proper order of life. She wanted them to be strong and independent and happy—more than anything she wanted them to be happy—but that she no longer had a fix on their inner workings made her light-headed.
“is telling someone to relax ever helpful? It’s like saying ‘breathe’ to someone who is hyperventilating or ‘swallow’ to a person who’s choking. It’s a completely useless admonition.”
She was open to love, but she was best at managing her own happiness; it was other people’s happiness that sunk her.
Parents are temporary custodians, keeping watch and offering love and trying to leave the child better than they found him. Do no harm.’
