Even though my daughter is only 2, I can deeply relate to the fear and guilt we feel when something happens to our children. As someone with anxiety myself, I definitely worry that it's something my daughter will inherit down the road. The bright spot is hoping that I'll be able to recognize it and get her help quickly, like my dad did with me.
I hope your dog is getting better every day! That's a scary thing to bring them to the animal hospital.
Hey Lindsay, thanks for sharing this! Yes, awareness is the first step to healing and to supporting our kids in their healing, right? I can tell you are a super thoughtful mom in your parenting. And thanks for the well wishes for our puppy. I think he is okay, now, phew!
Oh Serena, I really relate to the struggle with releasing guilt. I wonder if some of us, due to both personality and life story, lean more toward carrying burdens of guilt that are not ours to carry. I love how you learned from your daughter. It makes me think of a book called How Children Raise Parents (one of my favorite parenting books), which really talks about how God works redemption in our lives through our children.
I also deeply empathize with the heartache of a special dog friend being direly ill. We love our dogs in our family, and though it hasn’t happened to ours, two of our kids have gone to the ER with their dogs after they ingested things that were not meant for dogs to eat. Glad he’s doing better!
Oooh thanks for sharing, Elizabeth! I'm glad to know I'm not alone in this. I think you're right that some of us do take on too much responsibility. I've never heard of that book but I'd love to check it out.
Yes dogs are special - Henry is our first dog, although I had dogs growing up. I didn't realize what it would be like to become a dog owner as an adult and how deep the connection would be (which makes it so hard when he is ill). I'm also glad he is doing better!
Even though my daughter is only 2, I can deeply relate to the fear and guilt we feel when something happens to our children. As someone with anxiety myself, I definitely worry that it's something my daughter will inherit down the road. The bright spot is hoping that I'll be able to recognize it and get her help quickly, like my dad did with me.
I hope your dog is getting better every day! That's a scary thing to bring them to the animal hospital.
Hey Lindsay, thanks for sharing this! Yes, awareness is the first step to healing and to supporting our kids in their healing, right? I can tell you are a super thoughtful mom in your parenting. And thanks for the well wishes for our puppy. I think he is okay, now, phew!
Oh Serena, I really relate to the struggle with releasing guilt. I wonder if some of us, due to both personality and life story, lean more toward carrying burdens of guilt that are not ours to carry. I love how you learned from your daughter. It makes me think of a book called How Children Raise Parents (one of my favorite parenting books), which really talks about how God works redemption in our lives through our children.
I also deeply empathize with the heartache of a special dog friend being direly ill. We love our dogs in our family, and though it hasn’t happened to ours, two of our kids have gone to the ER with their dogs after they ingested things that were not meant for dogs to eat. Glad he’s doing better!
Oooh thanks for sharing, Elizabeth! I'm glad to know I'm not alone in this. I think you're right that some of us do take on too much responsibility. I've never heard of that book but I'd love to check it out.
Yes dogs are special - Henry is our first dog, although I had dogs growing up. I didn't realize what it would be like to become a dog owner as an adult and how deep the connection would be (which makes it so hard when he is ill). I'm also glad he is doing better!