Today is Mother’s Day. Unfortunately I never got to be a birth mother but a step-mother. I am not the mean Cinderella one either. As I woke this morning during prayers I prayed for all moms in the world; even those moms of four legged babies. I thought about my own mother. She was not there for my first five or six years. After giving birth she turned me over to her parents and a sister to raise. After the death of my grandmother I was taken to live with her brother and his family. I lived with her (just her and I) for one year then she married my step-father. Again I was turned over to her new mother-in-law to be raised. Did it bother me? Yes! Does it still? At times it does; but after all the years I need to let it go. The reason it bothers me, she had me out of wedlock. I never was given any information about the man who fathered me. Only thing she ever gave me was the name listed on the birth certificate (maybe it’s not him). I asked for years and was told this ‘you don’t need to know’. As I reflected about my mother on Mother’s Day I realize it was wrong of her not to provide this information. Today I had reminisced about my grandmother and the aunt who had raised me for five years. My mother went on to have two children with my step-father plus; there were my step-siblings (both older than I). I’m sure she did what she had to do. Today I’m finally going to let it go; forget that I never got my answers. I thank my mother for giving me life and for not aborting me or giving me up for adoption.
The piece I wrote is how I see a mothers role. To me a mom is like superwoman especially these days when they must raise the kids and work outside the home.
Until next time....have a good day; Happy Mother’s Day to all moms.
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Day 10....DAILY REFLECTIONS
Mother’s Day....I think about my mother....
but I think more about my maternal
grandmother
It was grandmother who raised me till age
five....not my mother
But I thank my mother for giving me
life....grandmother for a portion of my
formative years
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MOTHER
© Scottie-ann Murphy
Many titles does she have from the day
she gives you birth
One just doesn’t identify her....it’s a
combination of many
The nurse....the chauffeur... the cook...
the laundry lady....the teacher
Housekeeper....home chief financial
officer...and more
Every title defining her....each she
performs to the best of her ability
Reliable always when called
upon....she’ll be there with a
hug, kiss, and
cookies....MOTHER
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