[kelceesmom]

What does unconditional love mean to you?

What part of your life has unconditional love?

[mom2justynsarah]

Unconditional love is loving someone without judgement through thick and thin...no matter what.

[Linny]

I used to believe that humans could have 'unconditional love'; but truthfully, I'm not so sure after having gone through some of the trials we have.
Did I love the children who caused so much physical, damage and emotional trauma for so many people? Yes....inasmuch that I loved the children I THOUGHT they were, could be, imagined they could be.

But, I often thought about this.......loving a child is one thing. For me, the 'unconditional part' stopped for that child when they hurt and harmed others. We could no longer allow them to stay in our home--hurt and/or threaten others here. We were/are determined to protect the inncent children still in our home.

I often wonder how mothers of murderers, serial killers, etc feel for their child--now? I can fully understand loving that child as they knew/thought they knew them. But now---unconditional? I'm not sure.

I'm not sure it truly exists, other than the love Christ had/has for us---because I think unconditional love is perfect and pure---as Christ is.
Perfect, I can't be (and you could throw out the pure part too). I can't honestly say that I continue to love those children unconditionally.

Sincerely,

Linny