On this day, as we celebrate the wonderfully selfless contributions of mothers the world over, this is a prayer for those for whom this day is racked with unbearable pain.
A prayer of love for those who aren’t mothers. Today may you know all you are.
A prayer of love for those who decided they wouldn’t be a mother because they dared not for fear they would replicate a world that tried to destroy them.
A prayer of love for those who did but not by choice, who had decision thrust upon them and now live searching for a love that will catch up to their truth.
A prayer of love for those who couldn’t, who tried but it never worked, and for those who did, but lost.
A prayer of love for those who never got the chance to even try and who with all the other pain that lives inside, today bear the fear of being someone else’s pity.
A prayer of love today for those who hear the word ‘mother’ with resentment, disappointment, guilt, fear, rage, horror, sadness, ambivalence, grief.
A prayer for those who cannot love their mother or their child and who no longer have the strength to try.
A prayer of love for those who have no day that speaks their worth, that tells their story, that reminds them they are also gift to the world.
A prayer of love for those who aren’t.
Today may you know all you are.
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