When I look at my child

 When I look at my child, I still can’t believe I get to be their parent.

It’s not something I take for granted.
Through every mistake I’ve made, every challenge I’ve faced, every season where I felt like I was falling apart, they’ve been the constant light that reminded me I was doing something right.

Life hasn’t always been easy.
There were days I questioned everything about myself, days I wondered if I was enough, and nights I lay awake replaying all the ways I thought I could have done better.
But then I look at them at the smile that feels like sunshine, the laugh that makes everything else fade away, the little hand that still reaches for mine and I know.

I know that no matter how messy life gets, being their parent will always be my greatest accomplishment.
The one thing I can look back on and be certain about.
The one thing I got right.