NO means LOVE

[Carolyn9595]

I was talking to my husband who was recalling his own rebellious youth and this writing rolled out of me. It makes me cry and is so insightful about what our kids hear us say. What NO means is the crux of the issue.

I didn’t know that NO meant LOVE. ​

I thought NO meantMaybe orNot Now orYES. ​

I thought NO meant you didn’t Love Me. ​

I didn’t know that NO was the turn in the road I needed ​

to avoid a collision with CHAOS. ​

I didn’t know that tellingme NO over and over ​

was meant to save my life​

a little piece at a time.​

 

[DammitJanet]

Very good. No always meant to my son that it was just a stepping stone to keep bugging me until I said maybe which in his mind meant yes.