14/04/2025
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Before my father passed, he made a wish:
“May nothing in my past, or in the family’s past, in any way hold you back or weigh you down.”
As a parent, you know your children will encounter pain. As hard as it is to watch, you know they must learn to handle life’s sufferings.
But unlike the wish my father made to me, I take great comfort in knowing that the pain they encounter in life will be theirs alone.
The violence, rage, and depression of my father ended with me.
My two sons, now both in their 30s, are free from the chain of pain that linked me to my father and his father before him.
Of course, heal for yourself and bring peace to your ancestors, but you can also heal for your children and the generations that follow. For it is the greatest gift you could ever give them.
