{"id":117,"date":"2011-02-22T21:26:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T02:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2011-06-02T20:33:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T01:33:46","slug":"im-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/im-sorry\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Sorry"},"content":{"rendered":"

To my dearest son, Dimitri,<\/p>\n

I am sorry for making life a little difficult for you.<\/p>\n

I am sorry about making you wear a constraining snowsuit.<\/p>\n

I am sorry that car seats were made so uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

I am sorry that Quebec streets are filled with potholes and I somehow land in all of them.<\/p>\n

I am sorry I keep you awake, even when you are sleepy.<\/p>\n

I am sorry I sometimes don’t pick you up right away, because I love to hear your little cries.<\/p>\n

I am sorry that I don’t always get what your cries mean.<\/p>\n

I am sorry that I let other people hold you, even if you are sometimes scared.<\/p>\n

I am sorry I run you around town, when some days you just want to stay home and take it easy.<\/p>\n

I am sorry I make you have tummy time, even though you hate it.<\/p>\n

I am sorry that I take your hands out of your mouth, even though they provide you comfort (but you just bite down too hard and then it hurts you!!!)<\/p>\n

I am sorry if your ears are sometimes polluted with horrible music.<\/p>\n

I am sorry that I am not always fully present. I know that you feel me when I drift off, thinking of a million things. This is what I am most sorry for. You are my world. You are the second love of my life after your father. I thank you for showing me what unconditional love really is.<\/p>\n

I will love you even if you choose to crossdress, become ultra religious, become a conservative, fall in love with someone that I don’t like, and anything else you throw my way. I will love you even if you choose to hate me. I will love you NO MATTER WHAT! I promise you this Dimitri. I hope this will make up for all the mistakes I may make along the way raising you. Please know that I don’t intend on messing this up, but who knows? We all think that our parents messed us up somehow. I just hope you know that my intentions are to love you unconditionally and to accept you for whoever you choose to be one day.<\/p>\n

With all my love,<\/p>\n

Your mother<\/p>\n

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