A Message to My Adult Children

 

To my kids...

After you walked away, my inner voice accused me of a million and one things worse than you could ever make up. I doubted myself as an individual, woman, and mother.

I hold all my secrets, you know a few. If you knew the reality, I'm sure you would plaster it all over Snapchat, TikTok, Tumblr, and YouTube or whatever your favorite socials are now, twisting them without empathy and without context.

Therefore, you will never truly know me the way my trusted friends do. They hold my innermost thoughts, feelings, and struggles, and would never in a million years hold them against me. They see me as the flawed human that I am and love me still.

I was not a perfect mother but I was a good mother.

I pray no one does onto you the way you've done onto me. I pray for you.

Your mother.