"Rohi’s eyes were red now, and she wicked the tears away with her napkin. “This is stupid.” "Kit took her hand. “**You get scared when we talk about balancing the family and work, and it’s okay that you do**. I get it, and I love you, and a good cry is just part of the way we talk about this stuff. And you never judge me when it’s my turn to be the weepy one.” “I just don’t want to mess things up,” she said. “What if we mess things up for him?” "Kit stroked her knuckles with his thumb the way he did when she couldn’t sleep. “We will, though. No one’s perfect. **Everyone’s carrying something that their parents would have done differently if they’d known. Or if they’d been better people. Or if things had just been different. That’s all right. It’s normal. Part of why I am what I am is all the bad choices my mom and dad made**, and if they’d done differently, they’d still have made some mistakes somewhere along the line, and those would be part of me instead. They weren’t perfect, and we aren’t perfect.”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[work-life-balance]], [[listening]], [[mirroring]], [[parenting]], [[acceptance]] **Source** -- [[20250424114419 - B - Leviathan Falls]]