So Proud

I don't think people, especially adults, hear "I'm so proud of you" enough. I mean, we need to tell people when we are proud of them. People tell me all the time that they are proud of me. If they don't tell me, I ask them. And most of the time the answer is yes - and why wouldn't it be? Too many people are walking around thinking they need to do better, be better, when if they just realized that they were pretty dang good already they would be a whole lot better off. You know, believe in yourself, and let other people know you believe in them, and know they believe in you.
Well like I said, I try to practice this. A lot. Why, just the other night my daddy was putting me to bed and he said, "I love you." I replied, "I'm so proud of you." Trying to get me to repeat after him, he again said, "I love you." Trying to get him to repeat after me, again I said, "I'm so proud of you." He got the hint and said, "I'm so proud of you Landrum." I decided to take it a step further and said, "Momma so proud of you," just in case she hadn't told him lately. He replied, "BroBro is so proud of you." Of course, why wouldn't he be? My last test was to ask, "You so proud of you?" He said he was and I felt like I had accomplished all of my tasks for the day and could rest easy.