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This has been bugging me for a long time. How
do I tell my mom just how much I love her without sounding like a soppy,
sentimental old fool. But it is a problem that most men face, not because
we are insincere but simply because we don't know how to say those magic
words.
My mom has been a stalwart over the years, never recognizing any wrong in what I have said or done. In her eyes, I am always right. She sees no flaws or blemishes only the son she bore many years ago. And yet, I find it so difficult to tell her about my feelings. I feel shy. I feel vulnerable. Now I have a vehicle that can deliver a very simple message: YES MOM, I DO LOVE YOU! She has no idea what the Internet is all about or how this message has reached here but what the heck, someone will see it and tell her that Colin has finally gone soft in the head and told the world that he loves his mother. I felt the same way about my dad. Never told him I loved him and yet, when he died I felt robbed. I felt that I had missed so many good opportunities of expressing my feelings. Maybe we should all make 1998 the year that we tell our parents how we feel. Maybe we should all be a little more human and say what we feel. Maybe 1998 should be the year of expression. Everyone else is coming out of closets so why can't we. I've said it, so let's hear you say it! |
