When We Let Go

by Rochelle B. Weinstein

wonder why the ones who need love the most are so difficult to give it to.

Sometimes the things people don’t say hurt worse than the things they do.

but the people who love you won’t give up. They’ll be mad, maybe disappointed, but they’ll stay. And they’ll fight.”

“Being strong . . . it doesn’t always mean being tough. It means letting those terrible feelings in, not pushing them away. It’s letting yourself feel all of it.”

And I begin to understand more and more what it means to be a parent. It’s hoping for the best while advising and consoling, knowing there are never guarantees. It’s saying the same thing over and over again until it sticks. Never getting tired. Never giving up. And it’s never walking away.

And I know now that endings bring forth new beginnings, and letting go means you’re alive.