Don't you just love it when you are having one of those days

Everything has gone wrong

You really can't take much more

You're about to put your head in your hands and sob

When from the corner

As they have been noticed they walk over and say I Love You

Can you think of anything more comforting and reassuring than that ???

Comforting is something we all have to do as Parents
When the child is upset they come over for comfort
If they are hurt they look to us for comfort
Especially when they are not well we provide the comfort

Comfort is one of those free emotions that I love, because the more of it you give away, then the more comfort comes back to you.

Last night I was sat minding my own business and my 14 year old came and sat by me and asked what was wrong ??
I was surprised because I didnt think there was anything wrong !!!!
I assured him I was fine and asked why he thought differently, I was told he had been concerned because I had been quiet and looked like I needed comforting !!! How sweet I thought .............
He decided the best way to comfort me was for him to lie with his head in my lap and for me to tickle his face as apparently, so he reckons,  that always makes me feel so much  better !!!!!!! mmmmmmmmmmmm
(Between you and me, he is absolutely right)

But what I loved was the fact that he felt I needed comforting and he acted on it.

We spend all our lives as parents bringing comfort at different stages to our childrens lives. Stretched out over a vast scale of difference in their years and their ages, we comfort a baby that has pain from wind and likewise we would comfort our adult child hurting over a broken relationship.

My definition of comforting, would be to feel loved and safe

If my child comes to me for comforting, sometimes I can't make it all right, sometimes I can't make the problems go away and sometimes I can't do it for them, but what as parents we can all do, is to be the cornerstone of their safe haven so that whatever they need to do, say or think to get through their current dilemma/illness/situation they know that we will be there waiting for them in that safe place of their own mind to bring comfort to their torture.

Its a terrible thing as a parent to sit and watch unable to do anything to help your child. But it is also something we should never have to go through. We can be their strength, their source of confidence and their love line.

There is no more powerful phrase than to hear someone who loves and comforts you saying the words "You can Do It, I believe in You." Can you think of a more comforting statement than that