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.
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