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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it’s an expectation, but I really hope that when they look back they will forgive the mistakes I made and know that I really, truly have loved them through and through from the day I set eyes on them.[/quote]

This is lovely and I hope you give the same to your parents.  So many on DCUM hate their parents.
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I'm glad I came back to this thread so I could respond to this and say that yes, I have forgiven my parents their mistakes. And my parents made a lot of mistakes! I'm sure some they realized at the time and some they didn't even know I consider to be a mistake.  I've always loved my parents but I did harbor anger towards them for some things.  And then one day I realized that they did the best they could, however imperfectly, at the time. I tried to look at it through their lens rather than just seeing the effects of whatever happened on me.  And, it was a gift.  Not just a gift to them, but a gift to myself as well.  It allowed me to release any anger I still harbored toward them to see them, really seem them, as the flawed human beings we all are, and to love them more completely.  In my own parenting I've tried not to make the mistakes they made, but I'm sure my kids will grow up and wish I had done this or that thing differently.  Even now, as the parent of tweens, I look back and wish I'd done this or that differently! But I always try my best to provide them with the best life I can and the tools to live a full, happy life. [/quote]

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