Giving Wings..............

Sometimes the best thing you can ever do for a person is let them go...A lot of time we hang on to love for many selfish reasons, not realizing that we're doing EVERYONE harm.  Sometimes a person is so secure in the love that you have for them that they will PUSH you to the end of you're rope & still say, "You're not gonna jump! You love me!"
True love, in my opinion will ALWAYS last..The love you have for your children, whether they are with you or apart is everlasting.  The love that you've had for a special person in your life who you thought was your "soulmate" will always hold you even when you're with another.  The love you have for your parents is the secure love, the love you know that no matter what, they may not LIKE IT, BUT THEY LOVE ME!!
To me, the HARDEST part of love is the point where you have to give the person who is not fully deserving or accepting of your love the wings to fly away and re-evaluate your role in their lives & vice versa.
It is never an easy task, because all involved will end up hurt...But, it is a "necessary" hurt.  The person you let fly will more often than not feel like you have turned your back, let them down and that you don't love them like you say you did.  However, you need to hold strong and hopefully help them to realize that TOUGH LOVE can build character when that character is lacking....In the words of my Daddy, George F. Hall, "Sometimes you have to let a puppy be a dog."  I was really small when I'd over hear him say that in "grown-folk" conversation over a game of pitty-pat or pokeno (always played for money, lol)...I would just look like, "Daddy's drunk, he has no idea what he's talking about."   Until recently, when I had to do it for myself...The first thing I said, when I made the decision I made was, "I gotta let that puppy be a dog." As if Daddy was speaking it into my ear telling me what I need to do....It is one of the HARDEST things I may ever have to do as a wife, mother, aunt, friend, cousin....But the outcome I know will be it's own reward.
I thank & appreciate all who will read....Peace