My Daughter Says The Sweetest Things.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
February 29, 2016 9:05am CST
My daughter lives on the other side of the world from me in Thailand, but comes home for the summers.
Yesterday she put up a message on Facebook. It was a quote from the Dalai Lama:
"Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back to, and reasons to stay."
And then she added her personal message to me: " Mum, that's what you gave me, and why I still come home every year".
Wasn't that a lovely thing to say?
Photo is of my daughter and her husband.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
29 Feb 16
jest shows what a great job ya did't raisin' those young'uns! i fear i'd needed to grab me a hankie o'er that'un, hon.
great pic'f that beautiful couple!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Feb 16
@crazyhorseladycx Yes I'm really lucky that both of mine have turned out so well. I've never tried to clip their wings, they need to be free to do their own thing.
It is a lovely photo, thanks for thinking so too.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Feb 16
Yes, but there is something else about this too. She has the financial resources to come home. That too is quite lovely.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Feb 16
@jaboUK That makes really good sense.
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@JudyEv (341727)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Mar 16
@jaboUK I can imagine. Damian should finish his PhD in April and thought he 'might' be able to get out to see us around Christmas some time which would be lovely. I'm sure he will if he can. We hope to go back and tour a bit more in 2017 as we have left the motor-home with him. Hopefully he can use it over the summer.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
1 Mar 16
It feels so great that after raising children you get feedback like that- it does make you feel wonderful and proud!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 16
@Marymargll Yes, I really am proud of her, she's a wonderful daughter.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 16
@MarymargII She's actually quite impresssed as I'd shown no aptitude for it until I was well into my 70s. She's pretty good at poetry herself.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
1 Mar 16
@jaboUK Yes she sounds like she is---- what does she think of your rhyming talent?
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
1 Mar 16
It's amazing how they start saying things like that after they've been out in the world and had to start washing their own socks.
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@rebelann (112959)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Feb 16
She is very lucky, so many people I know moved away from their hometowns and parents then their parents also moved away or into assisted living facilities and no one wants to go back to that old house if there is one.
As you know we are currently going through all the junk mom hoarded over the past 50 years and boy is it a mess.
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@rebelann (112959)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Feb 16
It's a lot of work right now @jaboUK she has 6 dresser drawers, all of which had so much stuff in each drawer and I hate to just empty and throw stuff away so that's part of the problem and the worst part is she has 2 large book cases filled with so many books and encyclopedias and stuff. The worst part is no one has lived in that house since 2010 and mice and roaches have invaded a lot of the living space. Not even a little fun.
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Even though my son and daughter are both married, their rooms are just as they were when they moved out! Part laziness on my part, part nostalgia.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
29 Feb 16
It was, not only were you a great mom, your daughter recognizes the gift you gave her in letting her go!! That is beautiful. I am tearing up.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
29 Feb 16
@jaboUK That is our job as parents to teach our little fledglings to fly and then we must embrace their flight!! Even though every instinct tells us to hold them tight!!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 16
@BelleStarr You understand so well Isabelle. If you try to restrain them they will only resent you - and go anyway!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
29 Feb 16
@BelleStarr I teared up a bit too when I read that. There's a great quote from William Blake that I have always believed in:
'He who bends to himself a joy
Doth the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise.'
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@DeborahDiane (40316)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 Mar 16
Your daughter sounds like a very sweet person. I hope she is still planning to help you put together a book of your poems. I love the photo of her and her husband. I know you are very proud of her.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 16
@DeborahDiane Yes, I am very proud of her. She's very wrapped up in prison reform and prison visiting in Thailand, so the book is on hold at the moment. I'm still not convinced it's a good idea.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 16
@DeborahDiane Thank you Deborah for your encouragement - it may still happen, but not if it's left to me!
@DeborahDiane (40316)
• Laguna Woods, California
1 Mar 16
@jaboUK - It sounds like the work your daughter does is important and I can understand why the book is on hold. I did want to make sure you know one thing about Amazon Create Space and Kindle books ... it costs absolutely nothing to set one up. If you never sell one, no harm done. However, all your family and friends and get them and that is pretty special!
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is your daughter married a Thai? or they just settled in Thailand?
