How to listen How to support How to accept How to understand How to heal How to learn How to love
What I learned from my family
Who has listened Who has supported Who has accepted Who has understood Who has healed Who has learned Who has loved
For you I will always Be thankful
You can tell me that who and what I am is wrong but I won't let it get to me
You can ignore my feelings while rambling on without end but I will still try to listen
You can refuse to consider what I or anyone else wants but I will still ask what you want
No matter how you yell No matter how you argue No matter how you hurt me
I will remember
You're learning You're growing You've got a good heart You will always be my baby boy
And I will never stop loving you
They can make you laugh They can make you cry But you never know which one They're going to do next
Maybe you'll be happy Smiling and laughing together The world full of bright color
Maybe you'll be sad Heartbroken and numb The world cold and empty
You don't know which one There's no way to know what happens next You just have to jump And hope for the best
I guess that's why they call it “Falling in love”
This family taught me how to love with my whole heart without exception or condition without ending or faltering
This family taught me how to accept those who are the same those who are different those who I can't even understand
This family has always been here for me no matter the circumstances no matter my mistakes or faults no matter how I change and grow
This family will be a part of me forever until the end of my life until the end of time until everything fades away
I love This Family I accept This Family I will be there for This Family I will be a part of This Family
Forever
When I was sick You'd whisk me away To adventures with your friends And make it a good day
There were lessons to learn There was wisdom to teach A world of simple joy All within my reach
We bounced and trounced We worried and pondered We celebrated and whooped We gazed and we wandered
I'll never forget those times No, I wouldn't dare All the adventures in your woods Me and you, you silly old bear
You can fly o'er the mountains, fly o'er the sea Little baby bird, won't you fly home to me You can see all the flowers, you can see all the bees Little baby bird, just come back home to me
From the moment I held you I loved you with all my heart I promised that I'd do my best Even though I was so lost
Days turned into years You changed so fast The little boy I knew Has grown into a young man
We may argue and yell We so rarely agree But that will never change how much I love you
I see the best and worst of you Holding you always in my heart No matter how you change I'll always love you, my baby boy
Now you're leaving me Seeking a life you can't have here It breaks my heart to see you go But I know deep down, this is for the best
Thinking of what's best for you Even when it doesn't include me Rips out my heart But that's what it means to be a parent
I'll always be there for you I promise that now and forever I know this won't be goodbye Just the start of a new chapter
I hope this journey helps you grow I hope you find what you're looking for Know that I'll be here waiting for you And loving you always, my baby boy
There are no actions you can take no choices you can make no words you can say no games you can play
That will invalidate how you feel
Even if you think you blew it I won't give up, we can work through it Give me time, give me space Then let us talk face to face
And I will listen to how you feel
Your feelings are valid and important I know how easy it is to forget it I hope in time you come to see How special you are to me
I care about you and how you feel
I know you think I don’t know you That the version I see is a lie That you can never change or grow No matter how hard you try
I could always talk as much as I wanted so long as I pet you while I did
You were always excited the second I got home and watched out the door while you waited for me
In a lifetime of feeling cast out I always had a place in your heart Good or bad days, it didn't matter You loved me just the same
I never had to be more than just your human And I never wanted you to be more than just my dog
Me and Jai