Parenting is the hardest thing we will ever do. Period. You can argue with me all you want. You may say X, Y, Z is more difficult but I stand firm. The difference with parenting to other difficult life situations is that inside each of your children is a piece of your own heart that lives forever in theirs. Whether or not you made that child yourself does not matter. It happens the moment you decide to take on the responsibility of raising that child. When your child’s heart aches, so does yours.