the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets. - Mitch Albom

A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough.

I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't.
But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.

That is often why you come to music, isn't it? To feel that you are not alone?