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Promises for my Newborn Son on Mother’s Day
Photo by Angela Richardson of AMR Photography, Dallas TX
Dear Gordon-
I promise to protect you from your sisters until you can defend yourself. I promise to cut your hair even if you get those sweet little baby boy curls that mothers find so hard to snip. I promise to play cars, dinosaurs, and robots even though I don’t get it. I promise to let you climb and try not to show how scared I am. I promise to bring you to the ocean where you will run and swim and eat hardily before falling asleep to the sound of rolling waves in a weathered beach shack. I promise to introduce you to all of the amazing food the world has to offer and accept your likes and dislikes, unless, like your dad, you don’t like lobster because that is just insanity and I will not have it… I promise to be the champion of you discovering your passions, from ceramics to golf practice to trombone lessons, we will find what you love most in the world. I promise to let you skip a goodbye hug at the bus-stop. I promise to grant you repeat songs, repeat movies, repeat amusement park rides. I promise to try to know when you want me there and when you don’t. I promise to have the house where your friends want to hang out. I promise to let you play loud bad music when you need to. What is it with you guys and loud music? I promise not to be a needy mama but do know that I am always longing for a hug. I promise to be an understanding and pleasant Mother-in-law. I promise to do everything I can to help you build a life filled with creativity, security, culture, adventure, humor, compassion, knowledge, tradition and optimism. But when they come asking for embarrassing photos of you, I can’t promise anything.
Love, Your Mama
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7 Comments
Sarah Stewart commented on Apr 22 11 at 1:07 amThat made me tear up. :) You’re so sweet. Gordon is a lucky little boy. Being a mom to little boys is wonderful and heartbreaking at the same time.
Crystal Wernet commented on Apr 22 11 at 1:38 amAww I need to do this for mine :)
ChrisTN commented on Apr 22 11 at 2:48 am“I promise to do everything I can to help you build a life filled with creativity, security, culture, adventure, humor, compassion, knowledge, tradition and optimism.”
This is one of the most beautiful lists of values I’ve ever read! What a great series of ideas to try to pass on — I am copying and pasting this somewhere. Beautiful.
Sonya commented on Apr 22 11 at 9:48 amBeautiful, Jacinda. Love it.
Alicia commented on Apr 23 11 at 12:01 amI love it! The only one that doesn’t work for me is skipping the hug at the bus stop! No matter how old he gets we always hug before leaving and upon return. I never want to miss a hug from my kids even if it isn’t ‘cool’. But he’s actually turned around and run back out of the school to give me hugs and kisses when we were in a hurry and I missed the kiss and gave him a quick one-armed hug. He said it wasn’t good enough and needed a real goodbye!
Nancy commented on Apr 23 11 at 12:21 pmHe may like hugs and curls!
Rose-Anne commented on Apr 30 11 at 1:52 pmI am totally crying reading this. It was so beautiful, and it just so reminds me of my feelings for my baby boy. Wish I had your gift for writing. It’s so hard to express how much we love our children!
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