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"retribution"
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your kids will soon be paying you
back for the way you treated us."
I remember the incident (not the letter).
remember Mom accusing me,
''You say you've
been good. Mrs. Johnson says she had to put
you on the bench. (Hey, I was good while I
was on the bench)."
Now some
20
years later, one might ask,
were there ever times, however brief, that we
felt like wringing our kids' necks? Sure. Did we
ever return from a car trip and feel the urge to
dropkick-them-through-the-hedge? You bet.
Were there ever times when their seeming
ingratitude or procrastination just about sent us
around the bend? Oh, yeah.
Did we struggle to gain even primitive two–
way communication with them? Uh-huh. Have
we ever wished they wouldn't tell people their
last name? Yep. Did we get on a first-name
basis with several auto-body repair shops in
town? Sure.
However, listen to the last paragraph of their
Senior Letter (as they graduated from high
school):
This SeniorLetter concludes the
same
way it began. Please know that you have
always been
so
much fun to be around.
We do so look up to you. We are so
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