Some grow up to be a... toddler?

I am learning that some people are soft and others hard (sure I recognise it is more complicated than this...). Perhaps all those psychologists were right to claim that the one biggest difference in personalities is the temperament. Being around some people it feels like you constantly are treading on egg shells, like the bomb could blow up at any second, unless you say and do all the ‘right’ things. But actually, one can never do it quite right, or say the right things; everything is more or less on their terms. You think to yourself, and hope, that ONE fine day he or she will have passed teenage years and have grown up, and you can finally communicate. To your disappointment, however, they have grown up to become... toddlers! I thought that my 2 year olds’ outbursts were a thing of toddlerhood, prior learning how to, and when to, express certain ‘needs’ or struggles to learn that you cannot control or have everything you want in this world. To teach someone this kind of independence is a skill, and I sure hope I will succeed. Not just for Elliot’s sake, so he learns how to deal with.... LIFE in general (yes, it is complicated more often than not), but for all the people around him. I would like for him to be soft, to stay soft into teenage years and beyond. Be open, giving and independent enough to deal with life’s hardships because we all have them. Not everyone wants to know about your ‘suffering’, and for your own good (and for you to succeed with others) you better make sure to ‘get over’ the life issues you are suffering.

I'll say goodbye with a quote.... 'The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open'.

Love to all that has lost loved ones in tragedy.

I love you boys.