is the vulnerability; as one of the commentators over at The Thinklings, BlestWithSons, put it some time ago,
The “what-ifs?” increase exponentially when your heart is walking around outside of your body wearing Buzz Lightyear light up shoes.
I very nearly fell down the stairs carrying my youngest last week; it’s the absolute mercy and grace of God that I caught myself and only broke off a toenail. I’ve been thinking about the what-ifs a lot lately.
It doesn't get any easier. Mine are 19, almost 17 and 14, and the what-if's are still there. I think, I had never known so intimately what faith is, having it but not really understanding much about it at all, until I had children.
Oh, I didn't expect anything to get easier. Rather the opposite, actually . . .