 | I loved you enough to ask you about where you were going, with whom, and what time you
would get home. |
 | I loved you enough to insist that you buy a bike we could afford to give you with your
own money. |
 | I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your hand-picked friend was a
creep. |
 | I loved you enough to make you return a Milky Way - with a bite out of it - to a
drugstore and to confess: "I stole this." |
 | I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job
that would have taken me fifteen minutes. |
 | I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, disgust, and tears in my eyes. |
 | I loved you enough to admit I was wrong and ask for your forgiveness. |
 | I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall and hurt. |
 | I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your actions at 6, 10, 16 or
20. |