It can be hard watching your little ones grow older, as they become more independent and less reliant on you. But they will always be your child, no matter who they become or where they go. This beautiful photo is from the lovely @thesematters who shared a thoughtful quote from philospher Kahil Gibran, told to her by an older man whilst discussing parenthood: "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday." ???
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