These are great to read!!! Thank you all, please keep sharing.

One for me today was staying calm as my daughter had an explosion, she has some behavioral challenges. I was able to be constructive, accepting and nurturing, imperfect but good, and progress on her part too- she followed my instructions this time and then on her own initiative, called and apologized to the friend she'd yelled at afterward.

In the past, before therapy, her tantrums were more frequent and even bordering on violent, and would often rile me up- I would lose control of the situation, getting so upset or worried I wasn't helping her as well. Things are easier now and I can keep perspective better so it doesn't seem so much like her losing control of her emotions is apocalyptic, because when I grew up, I had to keep all my emotions stifled and I never could fathom acting as openly as my kiddo does.