Shawn took a deep breath and leaned over the battlements.
"Halt! Who Goes There?" he said.
A ringing voice came up from below.
"It's me, Shawn. Your mum."
"Oh, hello, Mum. Hello, Mistress Weatherwax."
"Let us in, there's a good boy."
"Friend or Foe?"
"What?"
"It's what I've got to say, Mum. It's official. And then you've got to say Friend."
"I'm your mum."
"You've got to do it properly, Mum," said Shawn, in the wretched tones of one who knows he's going to lose no matter what happens next, "otherwise what's the point?"
"It's going to be Foe in a minute, my lad."
"Oooaaaww, Mum!"
"Oh, all right. Friend, then."
"Yes, but you could just be saying that--"
"Let us in right now, Shawn Ogg."
Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
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If I ever have kids, I want to be the parent I never had.
I want to support my kids if they realize they're LGBTQ+.
I want them to feel safe talking to me about anything.
I want them to feel safe crying near me & know that I'll comfort them.
I want them to never hear me scream/yell.
I want them to randomly hug me or talk to me without fear of me being in a bad mood.
I want them to see me express my anger & sadness in healthy ways.
I want them to never know how it feels to have your feelings invalidated by your parents.
I want them to actually like living with me and not want to move at immediately at 18.
I want them to feel safe & loved because I wanted to feel safe & loved.
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begging, pleading.
I dont want you to tell me what I should’ve done differently. I want you to tell me that i’ll be okay despite it. I want you to listen, I wanted you to listen. I needed you to listen.
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Some days I want to be like my mom other days i swear myself to never be like that woman.
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“Eve, mother to all, daughter of none”
“When Eve awoke in a pool of blood she thought she was dying, that God was punishing her for all the ways she was different from Adam, she had no one to explain it to her, no one to wipe her tears and hold her hands and tell her she had become a woman, because she was the first, and she knew then that Adam was God’s favorite.”
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It's been a long time since I wished my parents Mother's Day or Father's Day. I don't want them to think that they were good parents. I want them to feel bad. I want to hurt them. But I know I can't because that's just not me.
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what is it with mothers and making you feel so incredibly self-concious about everything you do
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when my card declines at therapy so they show my mom treating other kids better
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A true smile but I’m a fucking failure who’d never make it on his own…… djebajskkxchgqvsidid Jen
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