I loved you enough to ask you where you were going, with whom and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room. A job that would have taken me fifteen minutes.

I loved you enough to let you assume responsibility for your own actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough to say "no" when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of them all. I'm glad I won them, because in the end...........you won something too.