It's A Love Hate Thing
Your children, from the moment you first set eyes on them will be the most important possession that your heart owns. Unfortunately that doesn't mean that it will always be smooth sailing throughout the parent child relationship. let me tell you from personal experience that when it comes to your own child, an emotion very close to hate can be just around the corner.
Let me set the scene. You've just come off the back of a long, hard, grafting 55 hour week at work. Your body feels ruined beyond repair and your head feels like its gonna blow. Your loving partner however, has instantly laid down your favourite meal on the table that you so deserve, accompanied by a perfect cup of steaming hot tea. Suddenly, relief fills your body as you realise you have completed yet another week in your manic life. Surely nothing could ruin this feeling? You walk over to gain a kiss from your beautiful, respectful and kind 2 year old daughter. But today, the devil has been sitting on her shoulder feeding her bad thoughts.
You have sat down at the head of the table feeling like everything in the world is pure and true, when in the corner of your eye you catch your little angel performing her evil deeds. Anger rushes through your veins violently as your eyes dart back and forth between the innocent smile of your not so innocent child, and her now ruined dinner splattered all over the carpet. Why did your favourite meal have to be spaghetti? You want to scream and shout as the word 'Hate' dashes through every nerve inside your brain. For some reason though, you cannot. The simple reason for this is that those sparkly eyes you first met 2 long years ago have captured your heart once again. The butterflies of love squeezing your insides so tight, that the pain actually feels good. Your partner has been holding her breath for what feels like hours waiting for the blow out, but it never comes. And as your baby girl lets out a soothing giggle, your surprised to find yourself doing the same.
This is true love.
Every parent will have had more of these moments than they can count. But no matter how much your little ones annoy you throughout your life and make your mind want to hate them, the love you have for them in your heart will always come out on top. This magical experience that happens day in, day out between parents and children, is what we call unconditional love.