Is there an answer?

Motherhood.

Is there truly someone who can truthfully say they have "mastered" motherhood? Or parenthood for that matter since we know fathers go through these same emotions and thoughts. How can we rest each day, take a moment to ourselves, knowing that what we are teaching or showing our children will impact them as adults one day? This plagues my mind 24/7, even though I know I am doing the best I can for my child, I still feel like I am failing him. I'll be one of the first to admit that I have cried myself to sleep thinking that I haven't been the best mother to him, the best guide for him... yet, I continue to smile because I know I am trying my best. I smile, because he smiles and says always says "I love you, momma". Hearing those words dries my tears and brings me back into a warm place that I have learned to accept in my heart since he was born. So, in the end, I know I may not be the best parent, mom, provider, teacher, adviser, friend, or whatever... but I am trying and he knows it. That's all that matters to me.