Mean Mums
Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mum told me:
I loved you enough... to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.
I loved you enough to be silent and let you dicover that your new best friend was a creep.
I loved you wnough to stand over you for two hours whilst you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.
I loved you enough to let you see my anger, disappointment, and tears in eyes, Children must learn that their parents aren't perfect.
I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh that they almost broke my heart.
But most of all, I loved you enough to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it. Those were the most difficult battles of all. I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children are old enough to understand the logice that motivates parents you will tell them.
2007-04-18
17:06:43
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