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I Love You Enough to say NO

01.01.02 @ 19:33
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The following is one of my favorite Erma Bombeck essays. Strangely I loved reading her books and columns long before I had kids or any clue as to what parenthood was like.

How many times have your kids laid that one on you?
And how many times have you, as a parent,
resisted the urge to tell them how much?

Someday, when my children are old enough
to understand the logic that motivates a mother,
I'LL TELL THEM ........

I loved you enough to bug you about
where you were going,
with whom,
and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike
with your own money
that we could afford and you couldn't.

I loved you enough to be silent
and let you discover
your hand-picked friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to make you return
a Milky Way with a bite out of it
to a drugstore and confess,
"I stole this."

I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours
while you cleaned your bedroom,
a job that would have taken me
fifteen minutes.

I loved you enough to say,
"Yes, you can go to Disney World
on Mother's Day." I loved you enough to let you see
anger, disappointment, disgust and tears
in my eyes.

I loved you enough not to make excuses
for your lack of respect
or your bad manners.

I loved you enough to admit
that I was wrong and
ask your forgiveness.

I loved you enough to ignore
"what every other mother" did or said.

I loved you enough to let you
stumble, fall, hurt and fail.

I loved you enough to let you assume
the responsibility for your own actions,
at six, ten or sixteen.

I loved you enough to figure you would
lie about the party being chaperoned,
but forgave you for it ....
after discovering I was right.

I loved you enough to
shove you off my lap,
let go of your hand,
be mute to your pleas ...
so that you had to stand alone.

I loved you enough
to accept you for what you are,
not what I wanted you to be.

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In every neighborhood there is at least one house that all the neighbors gossip about. This is a diary from the woman who lives in that house. I am a single mother in her mid thirties. I live in North Dakota with my son, Warren.

I tend to be a bit of a slob, and am the opposite of a girly-girl. I am geek girl, who loves Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Buffy, Angel, action movies, science fiction, action adventure, Dr. Who, and so on and so on.

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