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Dear son , dear

daughter...
uhe day when you w
f
nd that I beame very o d , try
to have some pat
ene to me
and try to understand me.
 If I get d
rty by eat
ng «
If I have some d
ff
u ty dress
ng« be pat
ent! Remember
the hours that I spent to earn you
any sorts of th
ngs when you were sma .
If I repeat the same
th
ng dozens of t
me,
does not
nterrupt me!
L
sten to me!

When you were sma , you ept

as
ng me to read you the same
h
story, even
ng after even
ng,
unt
you fa as eep. And I made

t !
 If I do not wash myse f any more so often under the
shower, do not repr
mand and do not te me that
t
s a
shame.

Remember how many exuses I had to
nvent to mae you

tae a bath you were sma .
 y see
ng my
gnorane
towards the new
tehno og
es, do not augh
of me but eave me rather
the t
me to understand
 I taught you so many th
ngs
ndeed to eat we «to dress
we « to behave we « how to onfront the prob ems of the

fe «
 If I somet
mes m
ss memory or am not ab e to
fo ow a onversat
on, eave me the neessary
t
me to reo et and
f I do not reah there, do
not beome a nervous and arrogant person beause
the most
mportant for me,«
t
s to be w
th you
and to be ab e to spea to you.
 If I refuse to eat, do not fore myse f !
I now very we when I am hungry and when I am not
hungry. .
When my poor egs w
not a ow me any more
to move as before «
«He p me
n the same way as I he d your hands
to earn you mae your f
rst steps.
And when one day, I sha say to you that I do not want to

ve any more «
that I want to d
e, do not get angry «
beause one day, you w
a so understand !
ury to understand that at erta
n age, we do not
rea y
ve any more. We s
mp y surv
ve!
°ne day, you w
understand that
n sp
te of a my errors,
I a ways wanted what was best for you and that
I prepared you the ground for when you·ve grown up.
ou do not have to fee sad, unfortunate or
nompetent

n front of my o d age and of my state.
ou have to stay near me, try to understand what I
ve,
to mae your best as I d
d at your b
rth.
 He p me to wa , he p me to end my
fe
w
th ove and pat
ene. uhe on y way that I need
to than you for
t,
t
s a sm
e and
a ot of ove from you.
I ove you «my son, my daughter!

our Dad, your Mum

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