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‘Perfect Son’
I thought about this morning how you are the definition of ‘the perfect son’ (‘the perfect child’):
My mother would be proud of you for having met your wife in high school, for working hard to build yourself up, for having multiple children, for keeping an immaculate workspace, for graduating with a university degree, and for providing well for your family.
It’s come to my mind this morning that, in fact, YOU’RE THE KIND OF CHILD THAT SHE DESIRES TO HAVE.
You are the person that she would love to show off to her siblings.
You are the child that she would have given a hundred thumbs-up to (if she had a hundred hands).
You are the child that she would have been excited to talk about all day, every day.
Married young.
Multiple children.
Steady job.
Post-secondary education.
Family man.
My mother has repeatedly said, “What more can a person want? A spouse. Children. Good job. Home. That’s all anyone needs to be happy.
Any person with these things is happy.”
You are her ideal child.
You are the kind of child that she wished to have when she was growing up in her village.
