His mum said, “You are already a winner, darling.”
He said, “Such a mum thing to say.”
Not this mum
I might say, “Do your best, darling,
And know that, win or lose,
I love you always.”
But to myself I would think,
“I might love you a little bit more
If your best is good enough to win.”
My children would, of course,
Hear it – did,
Of course,
Hear it.
Pity, that.
I wanted so much success for my children. They must have felt it. Now, I’m learning to just want their reasonable happiness and to accept their chosen paths.
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Exactly!
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