Mother

Thank you for being brave. Thank you for not giving up on me when everyone else had. Thank you for sacrificing your body to be the alter upon which I was carried, born, and loved. Thank you for continuing to remember me by the marks I left on you. Thank you for every drop of blood you spilt for me. Thank you for every tear of sorrow and joy we’ve shared. Thank you for keeping me close when I needed you. Thank you for letting me go when I needed to grow. Thank you for being strong.

Mother, thank you for choosing to be my mother.

“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children⁠…”-Genesis 3:16.