05/10/2026
To every mother today… Happy Mother’s Day. 🌸
To the new mothers…
The ones running on little sleep, trying to figure it all out while still figuring yourselves out. The ones wondering if you’re doing enough, loving enough, giving enough. One day you’ll look back and realize these little hands changed you forever. These children will stretch you, strengthen you, humble you, and build a version of you that you never knew existed. Motherhood will show you your deepest strength in the middle of your hardest moments. You are growing too.
To the mothers with older children…
I think this stage carries a different kind of weight. You’ve already been through the sleepless nights, the sacrifices, the struggles, the arguments, the growing pains, the moments where you put yourself last just to make sure everybody else was okay. You spent years loving through every phase while still trying to survive life yourself. And then one day, they grow up. Life changes. Sometimes the calls get shorter. Sometimes the visits get fewer. Sometimes love looks different than it used to. But a mother’s heart never changes. You still carry your children with you every single day, no matter how old they are.
To the women who have lost their mothers…
Mother’s Day can feel heavy. It becomes the memories, the flashbacks, the silent conversations in your mind. The moments you replay over and over. The “I should’ve called more.” The “I wish I hugged her longer.” The “I wish I had one more day.” It’s the quiet tears nobody sees. It’s hearing their voice in your memory and wishing you could hear it one more time. Grief has a way of reminding us how deeply we loved. And even though your mother may no longer physically be here, her love, her lessons, her sacrifices, and pieces of who she was still live inside of you every day.
Motherhood is a journey from the moment a child is born until the day a mother leaves this earth. It is sacrifice. It is strength. It is heartbreak. It is unconditional love. Mothers give pieces of themselves daily in ways the world will never fully understand.
So to every child who still has their mother here… cherish her. Call her. Hug her longer. Love her harder. Because mothers spend their entire lives putting their children first, even when nobody notices the sacrifices they made behind closed doors.
And to every mother reading this…
I see you.
I honor you.
And I understand you, because I have been every stage of this mother. 💐