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.

 

By by Erma Bombeck

 

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