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lil  ·  3251 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I Was a Proud Non-Breeder. Then I Changed My Mind.

    Trying to describe the love one feels for their child to someone that hasn't had children is like trying to describe color to a blind man.
ok tng - there's your line.

Here's some other things that are hard to describe:

- how it feels when they grow up and leave home, linked to you only tangentially and you know this is what they have to do

- how it feels for a parent when your child's heart is broken for the first time

- how it feels for a parent to totally accept your child's choices and life because you know that they will only hear what you say nondefensively when they feel accepted.

I can go on, but I won't.