Words for You Who Are Struggling 2
To everyone raising children.
To all the fathers and mothers who are always doing their best for their children.
You are truly appreciated.
Doing housework every day for your children, preparing this and that for their life at preschool or school, and supporting every aspect of their life and growth...
Your figure, working so hard and struggling through it all, is truly wonderful.
Prioritizing a life centered on your children from morning till night
and protecting your home is not an easy task.
That is precisely why all of you who are able to do this are wonderful parents.
In truth, there must be times when you wish you had more time for yourself or wanted to spend it more freely.
Even while thinking that, you still prioritize your children and keep life moving forward.
Working for your children and family,
doing housework, making nutritious meals,
sending your children off to preschool, school, or cram school, sometimes picking them up,
helping with homework and studies,
preparing baths, getting them ready for bed,
you are busy all day long.
It is hard enough to be chased by time on your own,
and you are busy with work every day,
yet you still center your life around your children,
managing time and maintaining life for the whole family...
You must be spending an incredible amount of energy every single day.
You may get exhausted from using too much energy,
and in raising children, there are surely many times when you feel things aren't going well, don't feel right, or are full of things you don't understand.
Not understanding your child's feelings, getting into a fight with them, getting too angry, making them sad...
Various emotions stir when you are interacting with your children.
You also have various questions.
There are good times, and there are tough times.
There must be times when you want to cry because your interactions with your children or maintaining your relationship with them isn't going well.
Even so, you don't stop being a parent,
and you are the best parents because you can act with the belief that no matter what happens, your child comes first.
Child-rearing brings daily struggles and confusion,
and you must wonder in every situation what was important for your child,
or what the correct thing to do was.
There is no single correct answer.
There is only one truth,that what you have worked hard for will not be in vain.
There is no mistake in what you did because you thought it was necessary at the time.
Even if you think you made a mistake, you don't have to view it as a mistake; you can just accept it as an "area for improvement" or a "realization."
"That was a good realization. I'll use it next time."
That is all you need to think.
Even if the results of your hard work for your children don't appear immediately or good things don't happen right away, the results and happy events equal to your efforts will surely occur at some point.
Please look forward to that someday, and continue to protect your children and family to the best of your ability.
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