Angela's Word...... ( chicken soup for the woman's soul)

When Angela was very young,

Age two or three or so.

Her Mother and her Father

Taught her never to say NO.

They taught her that she must agree

With everything they said,

And if she didn't, she was spanked

And sent upstairs to bed.

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So Angela grew up to be

A most agreeable child;

She was never angry

And she was never wild;

She always shared, she always cared,

She never picked a fight,

And no matter what her parents said,

She thought that they were right.

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Angela the Angel did very well at school,

And, as you might imagine, she followed every rule;

Her teachers said she was so well-bred,

So quiet and so good,

But how Angela felt inside

They never understood.

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Angela had a lot of friends,

Who liked her for her smile;

They knew she was the kind of girl

Who'd go the extra mile;

And even when she had a cold,

And really needed rest,

When someone asked her if she'd help,

She always answered yes.

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When angela was thirty-three, she was a lawyer's wife.

She had a home and family, and a nice surburban life.

She had a little girl of four

And a little boy of nine,

And if someone asked her how she felt,

She always answered, "Fine."

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But one cold night near Christmastime,

When her family was in bed.

She lay awake as awful thoughts went spinning through her head;

She didn't know why, and she didn't know how,

But she wanted her life to end;

So she begged Whoever put her here,

To take her back again.

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And then she heard, from deep inside,

A voice that was soft and low;

It only said a single word,

And the word it said was ...NO.

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From that moment on, Angela knew,

Exactly what she had to do.

Her life depended on that word,

So this is what her loved ones heard;

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NO, I just don't want to;

NO, I don't agree;

NO, that's your's to handle;

NO, that's wrong for me;

NO, I wanted something else;

NO that hurt alot!

NO I'm tired, and NO, I'm busy,

And, NO, I'd rather not!

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Well her family found it shocking,

Her friends reacted with surprise;

But Angela was different, you could see it in her eye's,

For they've held no meek submission,

Since that night three years ago,

When Angela the Angel,

Got permission to say NO.

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Today, Angela's a person first, then a mother and a wife.

She knows where she begins and ends,

She has a separate life,

She has talents and ambitions,

She has feelings, needs and goals,

She has money in the bank

And an opinion at the polls.

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And to her boy and girl she say's,

"It's nice when we agree;

But if you can't say NO, you'll never grow

To be all you're meant to be,

Because I know I'm sometimes wrong,

And because I love you so,

You'll always be my angel,

Even when you tell me NO."

 

  Always speak your Truth