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It was going to be the thing
To make all things
Everything that they were meant
To be.
A remedy
For all the wants
And dreams.
“Ah, but you will surely bungle it,”
His mother said.
And crushed his dream
Instead.
For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt of: Bungle in 41 words
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Na'ama Yehuda 
Sadly, to many dreams are crushed this way
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Yes, sadly too many parents don’t realize how devastating dismissive and hurtful words – especially from a parent – can be, and often are.
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Very true my friend ❤️🩹
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Here’s to mending hearts, best we can! Now, THAT’LL be the thing to make all things!
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Absolutely right Na’ama 🙏🏼💞🫶🏼
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Oh, I SO love being right! 😉 xx
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😜😜😜
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He sounds pretty determined, hopefully he’ll shrug it off.
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Amen to that! Some kids manage to do that, if not then and there, later on when they realize that their parents’ words come from the parent’s own weakness, not from an actual domination over the world and its possibilities …
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Na’ama Y’karah,
I almost hate to “like” this. So true of the power parents have to crush their children’s dreams. Well written.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle … glad you still ‘liked’ it anyway … 😉 And, yes, parents are all-knowing and all-capable in the eyes of small children, and their words can bolster, or crush. Many children manage to find footing regardless, but it is a hard road to take when one’s very foundation was undermined.
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