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title: "Growing Pains"
author: "Rhonda Weiss, Leeds, NY"
date: 2026-11-08
category: "Poetry"
canonical: https://creationsmag.com/news/growing-pains/
description: "Mom, you’re not perfect Yes, you’re right, and I’m glad You realized that sooner rather than later Look at the time you saved Free from false idealization And"
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publisher: "Creations Magazine"
site: https://creationsmag.com/
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# Growing Pains

*by Rhonda Weiss, Leeds, NY*

Mom, you’re not perfect

Yes, you’re right, and I’m glad  
You realized that sooner rather than later  
Look at the time you saved  
Free from false idealization  
And the yardstick that before would have come up short  
But not now  
Because the truth is yours  
Mom is not perfect  
So you are free to cast your own shadow  
Free from the encumbrance of mine

Don’t be scared  
Perfection does not always secure success and happiness  
And imperfections do not necessarily have to mar  
Your future dreams  
Because the future is in you  
And life isn’t perfect

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Published by Creations Magazine. Read it on the site: https://creationsmag.com/news/growing-pains/