OUR PROMISES

Dear L, S, M, and E,

We promise to stalk you and keep a close eye on you and sometimes even make you feel like a toddler. And we promise you will roll your eyes behind our backs because of it.

We promise to freak out on you, and yell at you when we are really frustrated with you. For when we are frustrated enough to freak out and yell, you most definitely did something to deserve it.

We promise to lecture and nag at you to always try to do the right thing, and we promise it will drive you crazy.

We promise to sometimes be your nightmare and embarrass you in front of your friends. And if you are doing something to deserve to be put in your place, we will do it, even if it's in front of the cool kids.

We promise to hunt you down like bloodhounds when we are worried that you may be in an unsafe environment or making poor choices. We promise it's true that parents have a sixth sense and we can feel it when you're in danger ... we just KNOW.

We promise to continue to make you WORK and we promise to show you what a good work ethic is. No matter how much it hurts your muscles, how tired you are, or how much it just plain SUCKS.

We promise to teach you RESPECT ... and when you don't show it, we promise to punish you, and we promise that you will learn to not do it again next time.

We promise you WILL see the good in your siblings and family. And we promise if you hurt one another or us, there will be a long and boring talk about it, and the conversation will end with you feeling horribly guilty for the pain you have caused.

We promise that sometimes you will HATE us because of our promises.

We promise to apologize when we are wrong, and we promise to make things right again.

We promise to do these things until the day you understand WHY we do them. Only then will we know that you are responsible adults.

We make these promises to you simply because we LOVE and CARE about you.

Please just promise us that some day you will look back and realize you have never met ANYONE who loves and cares about you the way we do. And please promise us that you will admit this fact... even if it's only admitting it to yourself.


Love,
the lady of the house and the big guy
~aka~
MOM AND DAD