The ultimate sacrifice....if spiders can do it, ultimately, would you be able to do the same for your kids?

Mine are all grown and have children of their own. I laid down my life like a bridge over troubled waters. I could have gone on alone and achieved a measure of greatness, but their mother was weak and not very smart. To have left them to her devices would have been to destroy their lives. So I put my life on hold and bridged time so they may achieve a measure of happiness that was not mine to be. Even now, I remain a bridge over troubled waters should they need me.