is it is not listening that we have a problem with, that is only a small part of the problem, it is with understanding. I need you to understand who I am, that through my trails and my own efforts to live through all, I have grown into the person I am today, walking next to you in the snow down the street, begging you to make snow angles and race to the back door.
When you say that you don't want to hear what I am saying--whatever it is--it hurts, because it makes me feel like you don't want to KNOW me on any level other than surface, and there is more to me than just the nice and sweet things.
And, I, too, want to know you. I want you to be able to tell me anything, to feel free to open up to me and know that I will not judge you or shame you, but honor you for these things. That I except you for who you are faults and all, because that is what love is.
