I’ll never understand

 I’ll never understand how someone can look their child in the eyes

And not want to do better

Not want to be softer
Kinder
More present
More healed
More whole

Because the moment I saw them
Everything shifted

I saw every broken piece of myself reflected in their innocence
And I knew
This wasn’t just about raising them
It was about rising for them

Undoing patterns
Breaking cycles
Healing wounds I never asked for
So they don’t have to carry what was never theirs

Because they didn’t ask for a perfect parent
They just needed one willing to try
To grow
To show up again and again and again

So no
I’ll never understand the ones who stay stuck
Who choose pride over progress
Distance over connection
Pain over change

Because one look into their eyes
And I knew
I had to do better
And I still do
Every single day