The Way I see it

“But now in writing I confess it to you, lord! Read it those who will, and comment how they will, and if they find me to have sinned in weeping for my mother for part of an hour - that mother who was for a while dead to my eyes, who had for many years wept for me so that I might live in your eyes - let them not laugh at me; but if they are persons of generous love, let them weep for my sins against you, the father of all the brethren of your Christ.”

 - St. Augustine in Confessions p.145