@colliedog:
No. Oxygen, water, nutrients and a beating heart keep me alive.
Being a parent gives me a sense of purpose in life.
On three separate occasions this year, I came uncomfortably close to losing my son, but for tiny coincidences that allowed him to survive relatively unscathed.
And while in those dark, scary moments, I realized that losing one’s child IS undoubtedly the hardest loss to bear; I found a sense of serenity within myself that would allow me to continue. It was an amazing revelation for me, as I was a miserably depressed and desperate person not so many years ago.