Happy Mother's Day to you young mamas, who are stuggling, who aren't sure how things are going to turn out, but who love your babies so much it hurts.
Happy Mother's Day to you new mamas, who are just beginning to experience the wonder.
Happy Mother's Day to you pseudo mamas, who take over when the real ones can't be there. Friends, aunties, neighbors, who have taken your turns making supper, giving advice, shopping for prom dresses. Who make sure our teeth are brushed, our dance costumes fit just right, we've practiced our piano. Who promise us you'll talk to our dads and explain just why we need our curfews extended by an hour. We love you more than you know, and you will always be our family.
Happy Mother's Day to you aging mamas, who not only have to worry about your health, but now also the health of your children, as they themselves begin to age. To you I say congratulations. You've done it. Your babies and grandbabies have grown up happy, successful, and you should be eternally proud. Your wisdom and strength continues to inspire us. You created your families from the ground up. You are the reason we are here to celebrate this bright, sunny Spring day.
Happy Mother's Day to you expectant mamas, who love the heart and soul growing inside of you now just as much as you will love the two year old tantrum throwing toddler, the 10 year old explorer, the 25 year old dreamer, and the 40 year old who is now a mama herself.
Happy Mother's Day to you hopeful mamas, who may not be mamas yet, but who are so close. Every day that you wish to be a mama, your heart grows more complete with the raw, uninhibited love only mamas hearts can hold. Your passion is not being ignored - it will come. The universe will answer your heart's firey calls in some way, if you just hold on a little longer.
Happy Mother's Day to you papas who, against some pretty tough odds, have been mamas too. Although you surely doubted your abilities, you never showed it. You made our lunches, did our laundry, cooked us dinner. You traveled on busses full of dance moms and cheered as we won medals, gratuated university, and started our own lives. You taught us how to bait our fishing hooks and split wood. You have been the perfect mix of mama's love and papa's tough, no-nonsense discipline. Most of the decisions we make are based on what we think you would do. You have shaped our lives more than you know, and we have no idea where we would be today without you.
Most of all, Happy Mother's Day to the mama who I miss every single day. Even though I haven't seen you for 14 years, I still feel your mama's love washing over me through the wind that whispers across the lake, through the trees, and gently tickles my face. Although this day could be mournful, it doesn't have to be. We only have one, true mama, but we are surrounded by dozens of amazing ones, whose mama's love doesn't discriminate by race, gender, religion or biology.
Happy Mother's Day to all of you amazing mamas out there.
Oh your momma is so very proud of you.
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