Raising

I have a beautiful life. My heart is overfull with these four precious children whom I was given the honor of raising. That's a word isn't it? Raising. You can plant a seed and watch it grow with little help from you. You can have a dog and let him go. But who can have a child? I don't mean the process of birth or possession, I mean, can you have a child and let him be? Can you look at him every day and not do anything? That brings me to the term, "Raise".