To a dear mother ...

My dearest mother,
old is always gold.
You loved me
even much before I came to you as your son.
You were one among a million mothers
who had a heart of gold filled with care,
kindness, warmth, compassion and consideration.
No mother can replace you as mine.
I am searching you in my heart endlessly.
The pain of separation will always exist.
I only pray and wish that if I have to take another birth
I want you back as my dear mother.
An epitome of selfless love and sacrifice.

𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙏𝙊 𝘼 𝙎𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍

𝘼 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝘼𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨! 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙉𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨! 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙄 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪.”

“𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞́𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢!" 

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩:

• 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮.
• 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨.
• 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥.
• 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨.
• 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨.
• 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨.
• 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙚.
• 𝙁𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣.
• 𝙅𝙤𝙗𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙤.
• 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙.

𝘽𝙐𝙏 ... 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝘼 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙.𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙗𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 ... 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙.

𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙉𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝘼𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨-𝙞𝙣-𝙡𝙖𝙬, 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨-𝙞𝙣-𝙇𝙖𝙬, 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨-𝙞𝙣-𝙡𝙖𝙬, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 ... 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙’𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚!

𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 

[Thank you, Elmari, who shared this with the readers.]

I am still your Mommy ...

If you no longer listen or care what I say.
I am still your mother ...
If you decide that I am old fashioned
and want to go your own way.
I am still your mommy ...
If you talk back,
complain and argue.
I am still your mommy ...
If you think, you know more than I do.
I am still your mommy ...
When you move away
and take a piece of my heart with you.
I am still your mother ...
And I will still love you just as much as the first day
I held you in my arms.
I am still your mommy ...
And I will pray for you
and make sure your wings are strong enough to soar.
I am still your mommy ...
I will want the best and I will sacrifice my plans for yours.
I am still your mommy ...
I will always have space for you
and a hug to welcome you.
I am still your mommy ...
And until my last breath I will carry your love.
And thank God every day for the privilege
and joy that has been called - Your Mom

Being a grandmother ...