Reflections on being a Mother

Being a mother has taught me more about myself and life than almost anything else. I’ve learned first and probably foremost that I am not the most important person in the world. Selfishness had no place once my motherhood journey began. It has taught me that children have their own thoughts, personalities, ways and behaviors that are completely independent from my own. They have their very own life experiences that I can only attempt to mold and guide.  Motherhood has taught me to be tenacious while also being gracious and forgiving. It has proved to me that I am stronger than I would have ever given myself credit for. I learned to be bold as a lion yet still able to hold a child’s dream in my heart. I have learned to rejoice in their desires for themselves even though they may conflict with my own. I have learned to let go. Which is the hardest of all. When you’ve held something from it’s conception it seems almost impossible to let it go. Yet, I am learning this too is a lesson. A lesson inspired in hope and anchored in love. I love you Jasmine Joy, Precyous Marie and Jeremiah “my sweet boy”!

To all the Mothers, Aunties, Sisters and Girlfriends…. Happy Mother’s Day! You don’t have to have given birth to mother someone. Fact proven by Rita Zeigler.