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I loved you enough…

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Someday when my children are old enough
to understand the logic that motivates
a parent, I will tell them:

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

I loved you enough…
to insist that you save your money
and buy a bike for yourself even
though we could afford to buy one for you.

I loved you enough…
to be silent and let you discover
that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough…
to make you take a Milky Way back to
the drugstore (with a bite out of it)
and tell the clerk, “I stole this yesterday
and want to pay for it.”

I loved you enough…
to stand over you for two hours
while you cleaned your room,
a job that would have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough…
to let you see anger, disappointment
and tears in my 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 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.

I loved you enough…
To let you hate me.

Submitted by: Tanya


Music: ‘Where I Belong’ © Bruce Deboer

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