My Kids - I Loved You Enough -
Someday 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 go pay for the bubble gum you had
taken 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 should 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. And someday when
your children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates
parents, you will tell them.

Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the
whole world!

While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal, eggs,
and toast.
When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat
sandwiches.

And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from
what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we
were convicts in a prison. She had to know who our friends were, and
what we were doing with them. She insisted that if we said we would be
gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the
Child Labor Laws by making us work. We had to wash the dishes,
make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the
trash and all sorts of cruel jobs.

I think she would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to
do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth.

By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds.
Then, life was really tough! Mother wouldn't let our friends
just honk the horn when they drove up. They had to come up to the door
so she could meet them.

While everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13, we had
to wait until we were 16.

Because of our mother we missed out on lots of things other kids
experienced. None of us have ever been caught shoplifting,
vandalizing other's property or ever arrested for any crime. It
was all her fault.

Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today. It just
doesn't have enough mean moms.

(anonymous)

This was sent to once awhile ago, I really love it. It makes me want to
call my mom up and say thanks for being a hard ass!!!!

Thats very touching and i can only hope that i was a maen enough mother
to my children i think i was and now i get to be the mean grandma and
enjoying every minute of it, Thank's for shareing...

Thanks Lacey for posting that.
I hope that when my daughter is grown and raised, she will see this in
me.

OH IS THAT WHY SHE DID ALL THAT??????...lmao



crazy ass mother of mine...LMAO

Sherrie, You've got a crazy ass mother too?!
I thought it was just mine that got the "Crazy ass" gene!

Sherrie, You've got a crazy ass mother too?!
I thought it was just mine that got the "Crazy ass" gene!

I think once you have pushed out a kid the gene just appears!!!

Thanks for sharing,,, I sure hope i have been a mean Mother,, I still
have one at home,,, or and My Grandchild the fun I can have... Happy
V-Days you mean Mothers

thanks Lacey that was great cheers to all the mom's here

This is awesome! I'm hoping he will understand in the future as he is
grounded right now for grades! Kids want structure and greatly benefit
from a parent's involvement.

I will chime in for all of the single fathers out there. To quote a
cliche "children don`t care how much you know until they know how much
you care" I really enjoyed your posting Lacey. Thanks Happy Valentines
Day everyone!

Welcome Acsh to JSH!!!!!!

i still have a small baby gurl,20 months old but , I think its time to
start being just a little mean!!!!

Welcome utobad,,, To JSH!!!! enjoy this age while you can for when they
grow and move WOW!!!! heartache sets in,,,its hard to let them go... D