Duckling's Nightmare

A Tribute to Every Mom and Dad xoxoxoxoxoTo every mother or father who has ever stood between their children and the storm, who has counted heads a thousand times a day, who has lost sleep, lost babies, lost pieces of their heart, and still rose at dawn to march their little ones forward with love in their voice and fire under their wings…To every mother or father whose fierce love is the loudest prayer they will ever pray, who teaches “watch the sky” even while their own eyes burn with tears, who knows the world can be cruel yet refuses to let it steal hope from their children…You are Dawn.God looked upon the vast and wild earth and decided it needed guardians who would love with a strength nothing could break. So He made mothers and fathers: tender enough to cradle new life, fierce enough to fight the hawk, the hail, the highway, and the dark. He placed inside each of them a holy, heaven-sent love that never counts the cost, only the precious souls entrusted to their care.Your arms may tremble, your heart may ache with every empty place in the line behind you, but because of you, life goes on. Because of you, wings grow strong. Because of you, new little soldiers will one day march behind their own babies, repeating the same fierce, beautiful words you whispered: “Stay close… I’m right here… watch the sky… I love you more than anything.”Parenthood is God’s masterpiece of grace and grit, and you, dear mom dear dad, are His living proof that love, the fiercest, most selfless love, will always be stronger than any nightmare.This story is for you, with endless gratitude and wonder. Read more