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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 560788" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">You dont love me!</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">How many times have your kids laid that one on you?</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">And how many times have you, as a parent, resisted the urge to tell them how much?</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother Ill tell them.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom, and what time you would get home.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money that we could afford and you couldnt.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your hand-picked friend was a creep.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">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.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">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.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to say, Yes, you can go to Disney World on Mothers Day.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, disgust, and tears in my eyes.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough not to make excuses for your lack of respect or your bad manners.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to admit that I was wrong and ask your forgiveness.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to ignore what every other mother did or said.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt, and fail.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for you own actions, at six, ten, or sixteen.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to figure you would lie about the party being chaperoned, but forgave you for it after discovering I was right.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">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.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">I loved you enough to accept you for what you are, not what I wanted you to be.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'"></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">But most of all, I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. That was the hardest part of all.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em><span style="font-family: 'palatino linotype'">Erma Bombeck</span></em></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 560788, member: 6546"] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]You dont love me! [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]How many times have your kids laid that one on you? [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]And how many times have you, as a parent, resisted the urge to tell them how much? [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother Ill tell them. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom, and what time you would get home. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money that we could afford and you couldnt. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your hand-picked friend was a creep. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]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. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]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. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to say, Yes, you can go to Disney World on Mothers Day. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, disgust, and tears in my eyes. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough not to make excuses for your lack of respect or your bad manners. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to admit that I was wrong and ask your forgiveness. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to ignore what every other mother did or said. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt, and fail. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for you own actions, at six, ten, or sixteen. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to figure you would lie about the party being chaperoned, but forgave you for it after discovering I was right. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]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. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]I loved you enough to accept you for what you are, not what I wanted you to be. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][SIZE=4][I][FONT=palatino linotype]But most of all, I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. That was the hardest part of all. Erma Bombeck[/FONT][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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