Hey, this is your personal person, Lynda, on Rooted&Real.
We've been talking about 'Parenting'.
There's no manual, but there's something called...
Is it advice?
Okay. Now, this is the last one.
It's 'You're Breaking Cycles'.
Now, to the parent healing while raising kids.
Maybe you had a rough childhood, maybe.
It wasn't all that.
But I see you.
You are breaking cycles.
Maybe you grew up with yelling, or worse, silence,
with children should not be seen and not be heard, with love that had conditions.
And you swore, "I won't do that to my kids."
But guess what?
Now you're doing it while triggering your own inner child,
while unlearning 30 years of stuff.
While still exhausted.
You know, that's the hardest parenting there is.
The fact that you're trying differently already means you're doing it.
The fact that you pause before you react, that's breaking a cycle.
The fact that you say, "I'm sorry", that is breaking a cycle.
The fact that you let them cry and don't shame them for it,
that is breaking a cycle.
And the fact that you hug them and tell them they're enough,
that's also breaking a cycle.
So you're not just raising kids.
You're healing generations behind you, and you're protecting
generations ahead of you.
It's not perfect.
You'll still mess up, But you know what?
You'll repair, and that's the difference.
So give yourself credit.
Therapy also counts.
Books, relevant books, count.
Choosing gentleness over how it was done those days counts.
You're doing sacred works.
Even on the days, it feels like you're failing.
These are God's gifts to us.
So to every cycle breaker, the chain stops with you.
And because of you, it starts different with them.
And that's legacy.
So you've been there, you've walked with me on the full five episodes of parenting.
Please leave a note and just comment on how it was for you.
Thank you for walking this journey with me.