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A promise for each month

1/21/2014

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My dear Little M, I promise to try:

To always look forward to getting to know you better, one day at a time.

Not to do things for you or put words in your mouth, but to let you struggle and try until you ask for help. Even if I have to sit on my hands or chomp down on my tongue.  

To let you make your own mistakes, no matter the broken bones I foresee, the conclusions I think are foregone, the heartbreak I believe is inevitable.

Not to (completely) freak out about every tiny thing. About whether or not I should cover your left shoulder with the blankie too. About whether your nappy is pinching your skin. About whether you’ll be able to face the big bad world, when the time comes.
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To accept that you will grow up to form your own opinions, and that there is the extremely remote yet real possibility that those opinions are more right than mine.

To treat you like a child when you’re a child, and like an adult when you’re an adult.

To listen to you with patience and empathy regardless of how old you are.

Not to dictate but to lead by example, so that you know what self-respect, kindness and generosity look like.

To accept that all I can do is show you what values I hold dear - the rest is up to you.

To look after your dad and myself, because no-one is of any use within a family unless they are a whole, healthy individual.

To love you as you are, not how I hope you will be.

To reread all of the above at strategic intervals. When you’re chucking blocks at me aged two. When you’re refusing to tidy up your room aged eight. When you’re swigging cider behind the shed aged fourteen. When you don’t know your arse from your elbow aged eighteen. When you bring up your children in a way I can’t fathom aged thirty.

Happy first birthday, Beanyman.
6 Comments
Miriam e ElĂ´
1/21/2014 04:12:36 pm

Parabéns! Muitos anos de vida! Muitas Felicidades! Beijos nossos

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
1/23/2014 03:40:01 am

Muito obrigada!

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maggie wheeler
1/21/2014 04:50:26 pm

Wow this is brilliant xx

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
1/23/2014 03:37:45 am

Thank you Maggie! It's nice to know you're following our adventures :-)

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Daniel
1/22/2014 04:03:28 am

Happy 1st Birthday Young Bean!

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
1/23/2014 03:41:10 am

On behalf of the Bean: babu bebi ba.

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