By @FASD_Mum
We strap kids into car seats when we drive a few miles across town and slap bike helmets on them when they are on a scooter on a flat road. We sterilize bottles and don’t feed them whole grapes or peanuts. We measure the space between slats on the crib and we cover electric sockets. We gate the stairs and we bolt bookcases to walls. We do everything we can to protect our children from harm, day after day, forever.
That instinct for survival, for the continuity of our hopes and dreams, that will to send our children into the tomorrows we will not see is a most powerful and primal – some say sacred – force. We yearn to comfort, to nurture, to cherish these little beings who come into our lives. We kiss them, hug them, soothe them, stand by them day after day.
So why…
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FASD WITH HOPE 
Excellent response. Thanks for sharing, and please let the author know that I am grateful as well.