The wind beneath my wings

There are wounds time never fully heals, and losing my mother sixteen years ago is one of them. She was my first home, my first teacher, and my greatest example of strength. A single mother who fought battles I was too young to understand, yet still managed to raise me with dignity, discipline, and love. A strong and resilient woman who played both mother and father without ever asking life for sympathy. She raised me with strictness wrapped in love, teaching me that education was the key that could open doors no matter how locked the world felt. She was strict because life had been strict with her first. She wanted me to have the kind of future she could only pray for. Every sleepless night she endured, every sacrifice she made, became the stepping stones of the life I live today. Now I understand..you were molding me into someone who could stand on their own two feet when life became an uphill battle. Now I realize you were simply teaching me how to survive in a world that shows no mercy. You taught me that when life throws punches, I should never throw in the towel. I wish you were still here so I could show you how far your sacrifices have taken me. Every achievement I have is rooted in your prayers, your tears, and your resilience. I just wish you were here to see the person I’ve become. To hear me say that your sacrifices were never in vain. That the seeds you planted all those years ago finally bloomed. There are days I wish heaven had visiting hours, because I would give anything just to sit beside you and tell you, “Ma, I made it!” Mom, I may not be the kind of incredible mother you were, but I will always carry and apply every lesson you taught me. I will pass down all your words of wisdom and life lessons to my child, just as you once shared them with me. Your guidance, advice, and values will continue to live on through the next generation. Your absence still leaves an ache words cannot mend, but your strength lives in me like an unshakable fire. And for that, I will forever be grateful. Happy mommas day in heaven Ma! 🥹 I love you #MothersDay