In one of the most heartbreaking yet much needed revelatory talk I had with my son... he announced to me that one of the biggest regrets of his life, was when neither momma or Bah B was present when he received his NJSF certificate. Joyce and I, together, can count, on one hand, how many of his performances or events. And yet... the one event... the one seemingly insignificant to us, event, turned out to have left the biggest void in his life. He values, above all, his own academic achievements. And we... as parents, both failed to acknowledge that.
He was bursting in tears. And it took all my 40+ year's strength... to hold back my own. My boy... all grown up.
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