Dear Mama,

Thank you. Honestly, there aren’t enough thank you’s that I could utter to thank you for all that you have done. I was thinking about my life over these last 28 years and God showed me how selfish I was. You were 18 years old when you had me. You had plans, dreams, goals that you wanted to accomplish in life and yet, you chose to be incredibly selfless and birth me anyways. You were a teenager, just graduated from HIGH SCHOOL and you had to learn how to become a mother. I am 28 years old and can barely take care of myself at times and yet, once again, you still said YES to my life. You had every right to abort me, every right to feel like you couldn’t do this, every right to to chase your dreams, but you didn’t. And for that alone I am thankful.

I questioned a lot. Does she love me? Would it be best if I wasn’t here? Why does she never want me around? Why does she treat me the way she does? Why? For many years I didn’t know the truth and chose to give in to all the lies the enemy spoke in my head. But now I see, you simply did the best you knew to do. None of the hurt was intentional. You were learning to raise a small being at the same time of trying to raise yourself. And for that you are my superwoman.

Many times we think that superwoman is the fictional character we see in the movies with the cape on. But I was raised by the real superwoman. The woman who people said wouldn’t amount to anything, called everything under the sun but a child of God, who would choose not to eat dinner so that her child could have the last bite, who worked her tail off to make sure at least we didn’t get evicted, who went into debt to make my aspirations  reality, who pushed me so hard to become a woman who defeated all odds. My mama.

And of course I cannot forget my second mom. The one who showed me life outside of Gainesville. The one who came to the rescue when mama wasn’t able to be there. The one who at 4 years old took me in as her own. The one who always made sure I got what I needed. The one who taught me to look past people’s flaws. The one who, still to this day, tells me that she loves me as far as the sky goes. My sweetie.

Sweetie, I thank you for all that you’ve done and continue to do for me. I know that I can always count on you no matter the situation, no matter what I’ve done. The love that you show me reminds me so much of the love that God has for me. You are a woman of little words, but huge impact. Thank you.

To you both, the dynamic duo, I am grateful to have you as my mothers. Some people only get blessed with one, but I got blessed with two.

And to the other mothers who may read this post, you’re pretty awesome too.

HAPPY MOTHER’s DAY!