Day 83

Happy Birthday Mom!



I Love You Enough

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....

~Author Unknown

Happy birthday mom!! and thank you for ALWAYS loving me enough!!