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quatro
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since 2003-04-29

Posts 392
Galveston, Texas

0 posted 2003-06-30 02:47 AM

For My Daughter

One day you will understand
what it means to be in my shoes
that you're not the only one
who walks around lost and confused.

I don't blame you for hating me
or for feeling that I am wrong.
It's hard enough to punish you
and to determine for how long.

I know you won't believe me
when I tell you "I love you."
I may not ever say it
but I show it in things I do.

You didn't need that new dress
or the pair of matching shoes
but I can't believe how great you looked
when you stepped out of your room.

What about the dinner last week
when it was just you and I
I can't remember what we ate,
but we laughed until we cried.

So please don't be to hard on me
I have only your best interest in mind
being a parent is hard enough
especially when love is blind.

quatro

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2003-06-30 02:50 AM

oh...I'm gonna send my daughter a link to this poem! Wonderful!

quatro
Member

since 2003-04-29

Posts 392
Galveston, Texas

2 posted 2003-06-30 02:55 AM

I'd be honored

quatro

timothysangel1973

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since 2001-12-03

Posts 1725
Never close enough

3 posted 2003-06-30 03:24 AM

Absolutely Wonderful Quatro...
They don't understand do they?

It's taken me 30 years to appreciate what my parents done when I was younger.

Being a parent is like walking around with a blind fold on all the time, we just do what we can and hope that it's the right thing!

Much enjoyed my friend!

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

4 posted 2003-06-30 03:35 AM

Grew up with one parent, no father around

But this poem made me remember how much I love the one I do have

Thanks for sharing this heartfelt poem.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2003-06-30 07:50 AM

Your words surely resonate strongly in many parents' hearts!
Beautiful! Yes they are like that and will understand only later.

Love, Margherita

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2003-06-30 09:32 AM

Very well done...
Your words will ring true for many I am sure.
~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~

~If you haven't heard the sunset,
you haven't been listening.~

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

7 posted 2003-06-30 09:52 AM

Thank you for this.
It is too, too true.

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