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You Dont Love Me! You dont love me! [l] How many times have your kids laid that one [you love them] on you [2] And how manytimes have you, as a parent, resisted the urge to tell them how much [you love them] [3] Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, Ill tell them [you love them] . [4] I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom, and what time you would get home. [5] I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money that we could afford and you couldnt. [6] I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your hand-picked friend was a creep. [7] I loved you enough to make you return a Milky Way with a bite out of it to a drug-store and confess, I stole this. [8] I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your bedroom, a job that would have taken me fifteen minutes. [9] I loved you enough to say, Yes, you can go to Disney World on Mothers Day. [10] I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, disgust and tears in my eyes. [11] I loved you enough not to make excuses for your lack of respect or your bad manners. [12] I loved you enough to admit that I was wrong and ask for your forgiveness. [13] I loved you enough to ignore what every other mother did or said. [14] I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurl and fail. [15] I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your own actions, at six, ten, or sixteen. [1