Dear Mama,<\/p>\n
I miss those days when we laughed and joked about everything and nothing.<\/p>\n
Your quiet resolute tone when you encouraged me to be my best<\/p>\n
Those sweet treats that you’d make to titillate the senses<\/p>\n
Prayerfully saying the Name of Jesus<\/p>\n
Arguing with someone who commented on your child<\/p>\n
Telling me I was pretty though it was not so<\/p>\n
Making me display confidence when I had none.<\/p>\n
I wish you could see me now, I’m a mother with a daughter<\/p>\n
Who is doing all those things with her, you did with me<\/p>\n
Knowing nothing about motherhood<\/p>\n
My mind journeys back to my experience with you<\/p>\n
Remembering how you loved me then and how I should love her now<\/p>\n
Mama, I’m grateful you had me and that you loved me the way you did<\/p>\n
So I could pass it on to someone so precious.<\/p>\n
Mama I loved you then and I love you still.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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