THOUGHT for the DAY (per Chrys) 5-9-2000

Part 2 of a Tribute to Erma Bombeck
taken from "If Life is a Bowl Of Cherries - What am I Doing in the Pits ?"

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 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 admit
that I was wrong and
ask your forgiveness.

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.

But most of all,
I loved you enough to say NO when you hated me for it.

THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF ALL.

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