I spend a lot of time thinking about this business of letting go - letting go of the children God gives to us for such a brief time before they go off on their own; letting go of old homes, old friends, old places and old dreams.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I always wish I could go back and see the people that I love as children.
I am lucky in that I love what I do, but it can still be hard to be away from the kids for long lengths of time. At the end of the day, all I want is to be with my kids, but it's worth it to create a future for my family.
When you don't have kids and you're in a Catholic family - one of my sisters had 10 children in 11 years - she's part rabbit - you feel kind of guilty about that. So, I want to do things for other people's children.
I've made decisions along the way so I would be there for my kids, and it's kept me from going places I would have gone.
I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.
Whenever I feel like I'm getting too far away from where I need to be, I think about my sons and the legacy I have to leave for them - and it always brings me back to reality.
I couldn't be where I am today if I had children. My focus would be on my children and home. And you can do it later in life.
I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled.
Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile is my children.
When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.