I know EXACTLY how you feel! My daughter is 6 and she is so perceptive of my moods. She knows when mommy is sick and when mommy is well. She hugs and kisses me and tells me things will be alright when i'm the sick mommy. a few times she has crawled in my lap and cried with me. I too, could never leave those darling blue eyes without a mother. she is probaly the main reason my bipolar hasn't taken over my life and i'm still here!! Thank God for children.