Wonderful submission, Shirley, which shows the power of synchronicity leading to serendipity when one is aware enough and open enough to use their powers of observation and free will to turn fate into destiny. (See my https://marcus17043.medium.com/are-we-puppets-bc4baa1bfd09, subtitled A discussion between fate, destiny, and free will in a bar, which contains this passage: " Marcus and Sitara and 80–120 more of our friends sat in an interdimensional room and wrote an improvisational script called Fate. We all hoped that Free Will would cooperate but Destiny awaits the outcome. Fate and its friend Science, Destiny and its friend Philosophy, and Free Will and its friend Spirituality, along with mind, body, and spirit got in a hot tub for an amazing orgy. The orgasmic outcome is unknown, except for one thing,...")

Your story is inspirational. Here's a story you might find very interesting. When Lindsey passed and after Sitara, her soul, finished life review, her main work assigned in heaven was soul retrieval of people who passed under similar and young (36) and upsetting circumstances (accidental OD) as she did. Then about a year ago she was offered and accepted additional duties. Sitara serves as a muse, if you will, to people in the fashion industry trying to influence them to create more utilitarian textiles.

With reference to your line about a parent's responsibility, you may appreciate this post of mine with an actual email I sent my then 15 and 17 yr old kids three years ago: https://medium.com/illuminations-mirror/life-lessons-and-parents-roles-an-actual-email-to-my-15-year-old-son-and-17-year-old-daughter-48c8ef4f4ccf