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Tough Love
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Sunday, April 10, 2016 Rated "G" by the Author.

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Nearly eighty years ago my brother Kenneth and a boy named Bobby went skating on the thin ice of a deep pond. My mother reacted in a strange sort of way.
Tough Love Kenneth skated on a deep winter's pond With a boy named Bobby Fraley. And in his excitement to tell Mother, Words slid from his tongue how the ice Popped and cracked while they played. Mother's heart quickened and hardened As she downed his little britches To halfway thrash him to death, Before holding him to her bosom For what seemed like the rest of winter. ©2016 By David Lee Thompson

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Reviewed by Diana Wiles

Reviewed on May 18, 2016

I do understand your Mothers reaction David...overwhelming fear of what could have happened...and overwhelming love and thanks that it didn't...
The way you portray the story is perfect...and the last two lines really clinch it!
Perfect.....

Reviewed by Linda Hill

Reviewed on May 8, 2016

David,

A Mother's love knows no bounds. I doubt your brother went back to that pond again.:)

Blessings,
Linda

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart

Reviewed on May 3, 2016

She was a good mother, trying to protect her son. I know someone whose son died the way your brother could have. Thanks for sharing this slice of life poem, David.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on May 2, 2016

A good mom you had, you are lucky in that respect...-e-

Reviewed by Connie Faust

Reviewed on May 1, 2016

Nothing strange about your mother's reaction! I can feel the belated panic she felt at his story, all dealt with in one quick paddling, sealed with her fierce mother-love. You, my friend, had a wonderful mother!

Connie

Reviewed by Kathleen McDonald

Reviewed on April 29, 2016

As I read I was afraid they would fall in and can understand this moms reaction. Fear first and then overpowering love. I remember my son running in the street when he was 4 after I told him to stand right by my side as I got something out of the car. I heard a car horn and screech of brakes and my heart froze. For one second I couldn't move and then I ran to get him. He was frightened and I took him off the street and patted his backside just once with the words that he best never do that again. He is much older now and still remembers that one time I "spanked" him. Amazing how one pat on a butt works wonders for the memory.

hug
Kathy

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on April 11, 2016

You have a way of telling a story with the poem that is very touching. I can feel your mother's concern.

Ron

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on April 10, 2016

MY MOM BELIEVED IN PHYSICAL REPREMANDING. IT WAS A LONG TIME BEFORE I GREW TO APPRECIATE IT AND REALIZE THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENDURE AND BE THE WOMAN I AM TODAY WITHOUT IT. GOD AND MOM - LOVED ME. I DON'T CALL IT TOUGH LOVE THOUGH, I CALL IT RIGHT LOVE. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on April 10, 2016

Yeah! I gotcha . . . Written perfectly!

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