Nikia Sourina Foster,
There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss, and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that you will be better. You will be better not because of genetics, or money, or that you have read more books, but because you have struggled and toiled for this child. ... You have longed and waited, have cried and prayed, have endured and planned over and over again.
Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams. You will notice everything about your son.
You will take time to watch him sleep, explore and discover, and you will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of your life.
You will be happy when you wake in the middle of the night to the sound of Matthew's cry, knowing that you can comfort, hold and feed him and that you are not waking to take your temperature, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. God has given you this insight, this special vision with which you will look upon your child that your friends will not see.
You will be a better mother for all that you have endured. You know disillusionment as you have been betrayed by your own body. You have been tried by fire and hell many never face, yet given time, you stood tall. You have prevailed, succeeded,you have won. "God" has blessed you with a Son!
I am so proud of you how brave and strong you are! Love you too much
There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss, and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that you will be better. You will be better not because of genetics, or money, or that you have read more books, but because you have struggled and toiled for this child. ... You have longed and waited, have cried and prayed, have endured and planned over and over again.
Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams. You will notice everything about your son.
You will take time to watch him sleep, explore and discover, and you will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of your life.
You will be happy when you wake in the middle of the night to the sound of Matthew's cry, knowing that you can comfort, hold and feed him and that you are not waking to take your temperature, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. God has given you this insight, this special vision with which you will look upon your child that your friends will not see.
You will be a better mother for all that you have endured. You know disillusionment as you have been betrayed by your own body. You have been tried by fire and hell many never face, yet given time, you stood tall. You have prevailed, succeeded,you have won. "God" has blessed you with a Son!
I am so proud of you how brave and strong you are! Love you too much
Goodness, I'm sobbing. An extraordinary letter from an extraordinary mother to her extraordinary daughter...thank you for touching my morning with this. XOXOXO
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