Because we love them and have given them so much. It feels like if we give up, it'll be like we have wasted our life with them.
I'm so sorry to hear about your kids' disappointment. I know it's hurting them, but in the long run they will recognise that you were their rock and the only person who has been there through thick and thin.
I'm serious about that coffee if you are in England :-). Scotland, Wales are a bit too far for me :-)
