My Love,
You didn’t come with instructions. Neither did I. I apologize for that. What now, then? How do I wipe that sadness off your sweet
innocent face?
At such a tender age you now see life’s cruelties for 10
years I struggled to shield you from. The wall of trust, strength and comfort
built around your sanctuary is slowly crumbling before your very eyes. You now see the ugly truth that I am human
too.
I should know how to handle the dainty china of your soul
cabinet. But I don’t. Like you, I am with fear. I should focus on you and your brother to
guide me through this. But not even the brightest of colors can be seen in the
dark. No pigments can reflect in the
absence of light.
Don’t fret, my love. What
I do know is, this is without permanence.
In time, life will be beautiful around you again. Slowly you will grasp the magnificence of
lessons learned by women from your generations past, lessons that you will take
with you.
For now, listen to your heart. The one that says nothing happening around
you is your doing. Adults make bad
decisions. They don’t mean to most of the time.
It’s what they learned from their past or how they were brought up. They are not bad people. Neither are you.
In time, you will have your own set of truths. Your own beliefs, opinions, philosophies. You
will soon realize your unique wonderful gifts, both little and grand. And you will fully embrace the idea that the
greatest love you have is for yourself.
Once you do this, you will attract and choose the grandest
opportunities, the kindest people, the best life partner. How light your life will be!
That thing they say about dancing like no one is watching?
Do that. Live in the honest truth of who you are. Then you have to claim your
space. Occupy it! Shrink away only when
you want to. When you need a break.
Always listen to fights.
Listen to understand. Don’t
listen to respond. Listen to what the
universe is shaking off from you when fights occur. Know when it begs for fixing and when it is
beyond repair.
You will feel sadness again in your life- the kind of
sadness that turns into panic when you wake up at 3AM and have a full concept
that you are completely alone. That kind
of panic.
But it passes. It is
only there for a few minutes. You battle
it with prayers. With song. With crying.
Crying is good. It washes out
toxins from your soul. Corny I know, but
it’s true. And in most cases you deal
with it via a long distance call from your best friend.
You need to laugh at yourself sometimes. It is when you laugh at your failures, your
insecurities and pain that you take away their power. Keep friends who make you laugh and be that
friend to others. That is why Uncle Pops
and I remain to be best friends to this day, and why Uncle Ben has kept me on
his ‘call for emergency’ list on his phone all these years.
Work. Learn. Read. Stand up to bullies. Give back.
Respect people.
Respect animals. Respect Mother
Earth. Focus on always being creative.
Love. Open your heart
to love. Love that defies inconvenience.
Love with a sin of passion. It is
why we are here on this earth. You have to love. You have to feel. It will
break you one way or the other, but you have to risk your heart and be
swallowed up. It is so worth it. Love is what brought you to me.
I'm here, always.
I love you forever.
I love you forever.
Mommy
Originally posted on ispepsiok.wordpress.com
Love that defies inconvenience. :(
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. This post moved me.
Beautiful, what wise words. Thank you!
ReplyDelete:'( Every mom have to say these words to their children. Thank you, I am floored by your strength and wisdom :)
ReplyDeleteYou're off the list, palooka. Didn't I tell ya?
ReplyDeleteJaykay.
I'm sharing this on FB. I love it!! I hope you don't mind.
ReplyDeleteOh my........ Im in tears.....
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautifully written. Wow, anyone can see you have real writing talent. It's so strange we have such amazing advice for our kids and those we love, almost as though we are talking to ourselves really, or the child within us that needs healing so badly. The others that we love become a mirror in that case. I wish we could write less and take our own advice more. We dispatch such beautifully, carefully crafted prose for others sometimes yet are hard on ourselves. Gorgeously written, hoping it is executed in practice in the writer also.
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