Happy Mother’s Day
Especially to all the foster mothers and adoptive mothers.
For a long time as a foster parent I struggled with accepting or using the term mother because I didn’t want to trigger mothers who have given birth or mothers whose children are in foster care and are struggling with Foster parents trying to erase them from their children’s memory by allowing them to call them mom or some other variation of mother. I sympathize with those biological mothers who are trying to grasp the very last thing they feel they have left while fighting whatever demons that are altering their state for mind. I’m not going to lie as a foster parent it’s easy to let those “mother” name drops slip. Most are trying to maintain their identities without letting the general public know what’s going on in their lives. But after going to school programs, holding hands, hugging, bath time, bruises, cuts, and bed time these moments signify a special time that not just anyone gets. It’s evident of love,patience, and days of crying,praying and begging God to keep them clothed in his light.
I’ve learned that no matter what type of mothering role you’ve stepped into it is not easy and you should be celebrated daily.
So happy Mother’s Day to everyone occupying a love so deep for another that the seas of life couldn’t separate.
