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Jana Tovey
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since 2000-05-30
Posts 257
USA

0 posted 2000-06-05 08:52 PM


This was written awhile back after a disagreement with one of my teenage sons:

You have an attitude
that makes communication
a greater challenge
than it really needs to be.
You have a way of shrugging your shoulders
and giving up
before the battle even begins.

I have a way of knowing when you are giving in, a way of hearing the first notes
of the losers refrain.
I have a way of sensing when you're caving
to the strain.
I have a way of reeling
from the center of the storm.

There are so many quitters
that litter the way
for you to become one is surely a shame,
but I'm not into taking
on more than I can control,
either pick yourself up,
or jump into the black hole.



[This message has been edited by Jana Tovey (edited 06-05-2000).]

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angelsamongus
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since 2000-05-27
Posts 70
New York
1 posted 2000-06-05 09:12 PM


Jana,
Thanks for sharing your struggles wih "them".. ahhhh haaa I am not alone (though it feels so)This just hurts so much...
Thanks again,
~Lori
p.s. I was gonna email you but I see I can't



[This message has been edited by angelsamongus (edited 06-05-2000).]

Jana Tovey
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since 2000-05-30
Posts 257
USA
2 posted 2000-06-05 10:54 PM


You can email me at:

tovjar@digitalpassage.com

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