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setting aside my own feelings—and isn’t that kind of the heart of this job I call motherhood?
“I know it’s not my future to choose, but it is so, so hard not to see what you think would make your kids happy and just . . . sort of herd them in that direction.
But it’s hard—looking ahead, seeing their mistakes coming, and then, unless they are in actual mortal danger, holding their hands as they make them anyway.
it’s ok to go out and get more—more love, more friendship, more fulfillment—and still be a wonderful mom.
