<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=400094" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What did I know?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even on weekends my mother got up<br>to prepare breakfast, <br>as she did every day, <br>lunch and dinner too</div><div style="margin:10px 0">making certain that we got up<br>in time for church, <br>were dressed in our best clothes, <br>with shining shoes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The big old white house was a haven, <br>a place where we loved to be<br>and she baked cookies, made ginger beer<br>during the summer holidays</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and everything came so naturally<br>as if life was destined to be like this<br>and what did I know<br>about the harsh sacrifices<br>that love demands, <br>the austerity with which she had to live</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to send us to a private school, <br>to buy birthday gifts<br>like bicycles, watches<br>and whatever she deemed fit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=400094" data-title="What did I know? de Gert Strydom" data-description="Even on weekends my mother got up to prepare breakfast, as she did every day, lunch and dinner too making certain that we got up in time for church, were dressed in our best clothes, with shining shoes. The big old white house was a haven, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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