After the divorce, her teenage daughter became increasingly rebellious. It culminated late one night when the police called to tell her that she had to come to the police station to pick up her daughter, who had been arrested for drunk driving.
They didn’t speak until the next afternoon.
Mom broke the tension by giving her daughter a small gift-wrapped box.
Her daughter nonchalantly opened it and found a small piece of a rock.
The daughter rolled her eyes and said, “Cute, Mom, what’s this for?”
Here’s the card that goes with it,” Mom said.
Her daughter took the card out of its envelope and read it.
Then tears started to trickle down her cheeks.
She went over to her mom and gave her a big hug as the card fell to the floor.
On the card were these words, “This rock is more than 200,000,000 years old. That’s how long it will take before I give up on you.”
Happy Mother’s Day,
Rob Gilbert
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