Things I'm glad my parents did

I thought I would start a list, that I would add to over time, of the things that often come to mind of, as the title states, things I'm glad my parents did.

Here's the first installment:

gave me braces

taught me to be able to live in other cultures - and not just live, but learn from and appreciate

grew gardens every summer to make sure we had lots of great produce to eat

fed us raw milk

let me have a dog when I was a little girl