The responsibility of being a parent, especially being THE parent or the main parent for real, actual humans, is absolutely crushing at times. It's easy to get overwhelmed by this. Thank you for saying this out loud. Also, thank you for saying "healed people heal people." I have told myself "hurt people hurt people" for so long that it didn't occur to me to focus on the positive side of that. I agree that the best we can do for our kids is to become as whole and healed as possible. Loved this piece, thank you for writing, Courtney.