All I Can Do
You can't change people, but you can change the future.
I promise I will try to understand you. If I can't, I will try to accept you anyway.
I promise I will love you and tell you so.
I promise if you do something differently than me I won't act like it's wrong.
I promise I'll call you, even when you don't answer.
I promise I'll think about you all the time.
I promise I will teach you everything I know and how to learn stuff I don't. I hope this gives you a little preparation for life.
I promise I want you to be who you are, not who you think you should be.
I promise to express my feelings and allow you to express yours and this may be very hard. We can work at it together. We will allow time and space for when we need it. We'll never let ourselves down.
I promise to support you in everything you do. You will always make me proud, even when you feel like you've failed.
I promise I can't protect you from everything, but I will help you learn how to protect yourself and what to do when protection doesn't work.
I promise to be there for you. You will always come first.
When you are grown up and you have your own life, I promise I will still worry about you and try to take care of you. I hope this doesn't piss you off too much.
I promise there is good in every member of our family, and they all love in their own special way. That doesn't mean they are better than you. Most likely they are more lost and scared as adults than you ever were as a child. This doesn't make you better than them.
I promise not to make you eat food you just don't like, but you will not get away with cheese sandwiches every day.
I promise you will die. But before you do, you have a lot of stuff to do here first. No one gets to leave without doing something.
I promise I'm not perfect, but I know I'm the best mommy out there for you. I hope you agree at least sometimes.
I promise I will try to understand you. If I can't, I will try to accept you anyway.
I promise I will love you and tell you so.
I promise if you do something differently than me I won't act like it's wrong.
I promise I'll call you, even when you don't answer.
I promise I'll think about you all the time.
I promise I will teach you everything I know and how to learn stuff I don't. I hope this gives you a little preparation for life.
I promise I want you to be who you are, not who you think you should be.
I promise to express my feelings and allow you to express yours and this may be very hard. We can work at it together. We will allow time and space for when we need it. We'll never let ourselves down.
I promise to support you in everything you do. You will always make me proud, even when you feel like you've failed.
I promise I can't protect you from everything, but I will help you learn how to protect yourself and what to do when protection doesn't work.
I promise to be there for you. You will always come first.
When you are grown up and you have your own life, I promise I will still worry about you and try to take care of you. I hope this doesn't piss you off too much.
I promise there is good in every member of our family, and they all love in their own special way. That doesn't mean they are better than you. Most likely they are more lost and scared as adults than you ever were as a child. This doesn't make you better than them.
I promise not to make you eat food you just don't like, but you will not get away with cheese sandwiches every day.
I promise you will die. But before you do, you have a lot of stuff to do here first. No one gets to leave without doing something.
I promise I'm not perfect, but I know I'm the best mommy out there for you. I hope you agree at least sometimes.


