I Loved You Enough

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.

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.

*Erma Bombeck


Thank you for making Mothers Day so special...

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