I think... I think I am proud of her. [a pause, and then with more certainty:] Yeah, I'm proud of her. I think every parent must want their child to grow up to be confident and self-sufficient and happy, right? Make something of themselves? And River, she--she's done all of that. [another pause] Not in a way I could have ever imagined or anticipated, but... she has. [a short, quiet, bittersweet laugh] It wouldn't be much fair of me to push my own expectation of those things on her when I haven't even been there for most of her life.
it's okay! :) also unexpected longterm LJ fail gdit
I think... I think I am proud of her. [a pause, and then with more certainty:] Yeah, I'm proud of her. I think every parent must want their child to grow up to be confident and self-sufficient and happy, right? Make something of themselves? And River, she--she's done all of that. [another pause] Not in a way I could have ever imagined or anticipated, but... she has. [a short, quiet, bittersweet laugh] It wouldn't be much fair of me to push my own expectation of those things on her when I haven't even been there for most of her life.