11/05/2024
Although you didn’t physically give birth to me, you are my mother.
My biological mother showed me pain, cruelty, neglect and abuse,
You have shown me kindness, acceptance, gentleness and love.
She didn’t care for my basic needs, You clothed me, fed me and protected me.
She taught me to hate myself and to self destruct, You showed me that I was worthwhile and worthy of love.
She showed me hatred, you showed me love.
She laughed when I was in pain,
You came and held me and sat with me when I cried.
For her my best for never good enough,
For you, as long as I did my best it was more than enough.
She hit me, you hugged me.
She ruined my opportunity to get an education, but you came and paid for me to finish high school.
She told I was worth nothing, a useless mistake;
You taught me I was irreplaceable and a marvellous work of art.
I thought God was cruel tyrant because of her, I now know Jesus as Lord and Saviour, my Prince of Peace and Strong Tower because of you.
I am by no means perfect, but I hope I make you proud.
I used to believe to a caped superhero would fly in and take me away from my misery;
Instead, my superhero wore no cape but far surpassed any DC or Marvel character with her kindness, dignity and integrity.
This is why it utterly breaks my heart when people cannot accept the fact that you are indeed my mother.
No I do not share your DNA, but it’s small minded and dim witted people who cannot fathom that love is thicker than blood.
I hope you truly have the best Mother’s Day possible.
I hope you are treated equally with other mothers.
Giving birth does not make a woman a mother, but nurturing, loving, raising and supporting a child does.
I hope you are respected, valued and honoured just as the other mothers out there are on this day.
Today is just another day for me, but I hope it is a day of celebration for and over you.
I also hope you know I don’t just want to celebrate you once a year on Mother’s Day, but every day we have together.
Thank you for everything you’ve done and everything you do - you are amazing!
Love you Mum, Tam
