It is said that true love is found when you first see your children but even without seeing them, just by knowing that a small part of you and the person you love is on the way, you know that you will love them more than no one for life. For this reason, the most painful thing for a father is to suffer the loss of a child, this event causes the parents also to die inside. That is what happened to Richard Pringle, a loving father who unfortunately lost his son Hughie when he was only 3 years old, due to brain hemorrhage due to a condition he was born with.
When he lost his son, the father felt his heart shatter and believes that this pain will never heal. More than a year after his unfortunate loss, he confesses to having learned many things since his little one died and wanted to share them on his Facebook account with other parents, calling on them to enjoy their time with their children since that is what They are more valuable because nothing is forever and there comes a time when everything ends and only the memories remain. The internet has not been able to ignore this touching list, we hope it will be useful to many parents:
- Value every moment with your children. It does not matter where you are or what you are doing, whether it is day or night, if you are at work, the car or at home, no matter the place, value every moment with your children and enjoy them to the fullest.
- Do not forget to say goodbye to your children every night or every day with a kiss because you never know when the last time you will take them to bed or when the last kiss will be.
- Memories are forever, no matter where you are or what you are doing with your children, take all the photos and videos you can, maybe that is the only thing you have left in the future.
- Time doesn’t stop, don’t spend it working; dedicate a large part of it to your children, play with them, take them to the park, to camp, to ride a bike, teach them how to drive. Don’t wait until the end when it’s too late.
- Write in a diary everything your children do, the good things, the bad things, the triumphs, the failures, absolutely everything, my wife and I start a diary after Hughie’s death to have her memories kept, the same we do with their brothers so that when they are old they can read everything that they lived in the past.
- Love is infinite, it has no limits, no matter how much you show it, there will always be more in your heart.
- Money does not matter, do not pay attention to how much they make you spend, spend time on them! That if it is truly valuable, the small moments and details, in the long run end up becoming the greatest. I no longer remember how much or what I spent on my son but on everything we did together.
- Getting up in the morning and seeing your children is something you should feel lucky about, don’t waste time, eat breakfast with them, take them to school, to soccer games, to see a movie. Time does not stop so enjoy your children; the one that goes to the university, the one that gets married and has their own children. That is the true value of life.
- Sing together. Although it seems very simple, many of the memories are made with music, too many memories that come to mind when I listen to certain songs, it reminds me of when we traveled together in the car and sang our favorite songs.
- Make every moment you spend with him as fun as if it were the last, no matter where they are or what they are doing, life is too short not to have fun, laugh, run, make jokes, spend the best moments with your children and so you will not regret when it is too late.