Parenting

 Parenting is this wild mix of instinct and unlearning.

You do what feels right, but you’re also trying not to repeat what didn’t.

We all carry pieces of the past into how we parent the things that brought us comfort, and the things that still hurt to remember.

Some of it we hold close.
Some of it we spend years trying to let go of.

And maybe that’s the real work of parenting breaking what needs to be broken, and keeping what deserves to stay.