I Loved You Enough.....



Watch Over Him

Some day when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them:

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 penalities 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 Erma Bombeck




Someday I hope our children realize just how much us parents love them. They all seem to think that if we don't let them do what they want to do that we are trying to control them or we don't love them.

We always want the best for our children so we try to protect them and try and give them the best advice we know but it still isn't enough. I love my children very much and I hope that they realize it and I am sure that they do but they really won't until they are grown up just like we did also.

Some children think that it's cool to be smoking or they think that they can disrespect their teachers because they don't respect them. Children must realize that they are still children and us adults are the parents and they should always respect their elders. I was always taught that and we have to keep reminding our children of that. One thing I think that we as parents should do is to change the legal age from 18 to 19. Lot of young adults get that attitude that when they turn 18 that they can do anything and I feel that as long as we have some control of keeping them in school and they are still in "our" homes I think that the legal age should be 19. Maybe less kids will drop out of school then. At the age they are now they do not see what we see and what we have been through so maybe by doing this we might be able to save at least a couple more kids.

Update - June 1999

Well my son made it through 12th grade and graduation without any trouble. He is in AZ now going to school for computers and networking. I keep telling my children to get an education and make sure that you make lots of money so when I get "old" and "gray" I can come and live with them. LOL... of course like all kids when you tell them that they just laugh...Boy I miss him already and he hasn't even been gone a day... Well parents like some have told me and I am telling you... there is hope for our children and I believe that - we just can not give up on them no matter what. I love you Mark Allen and Ashley Nicole. Keep up the good work and making me happy and proud of you both.

Update - March 2000

Mark is doing wonderful in school, enjoying himself and staying out of trouble.  I am very proud of both my children they both do well in school and are good kids.


I found this poem and I just wanted to share it with you all... just letting our children know that we do love them and whatever we do for them, we do it because we love them and we don't want them to get hurt.

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