Be there for every moment
even when you can’t be

I spent most of my childhood resenting my parents for being overprotective. Every rule felt like control. I thought they were just being mean.

Then my son was born. He’s 2 now. And I understood everything in an instant.

I overthink every outing. Every time I say no to him, it comes from the same place my parents’ no came from — not control, but a love so overwhelming it frightens you. Letting him out of my sight feels like putting a piece of my heart outside my body.

What terrifies me most is this: I don’t know if I’ll be there when he’s old enough to understand why. I want to sit with him someday and tell him — every restriction, every worry, every rule — it was never about control. It was about loving him more than I know how to say.

GriefVault is that conversation. The one I might never get to have in person.