It saddens me that I never had a mother who felt this way. My mother always put the men in her life before her children allowing great harm to come to my siblings and myself. We all suffered some form of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse at the hands of her lovers and husbands. It’s rare to see a mother in the animal kingdom who will sit back and do nothing as her babies are being harmed, but not so rare among humanity. I feel sad that I don’t have a loving, caring, compassionate, mother or father in my life. I can’t lie that it hurts when I see grown women with their aging mothers and fathers and the love and devotion that they share. But I survive and live on the best way I know how. I too am a mother of 3 wonderful children. I can’t even imaging doing to them what my mother did to us, and worst of all deny and defend it.
My mother still puts her man first in her life to this day and because of that she has no contact with her grandchildren. She lives with that somehow. I couldn’t. I would rather die than have my own children and grandchildren disown me. All she has to do is own up to the truth, but she can’t. And for some people living a lie is ok with them. I agree with the words in this photo and I believe most mothers do. I would fight to the death to protect my children and prevent anyone from harming them in any way. That is what makes a mother, a mother. Anyone can have sex and pop out children but a true mother nurtures, protects, and sacrifices their own lives to enrich another so that they don’t have to live the rest of their adult lives trying to heal from their fucked up childhood. Not all mothers deserve respect and honor and those who don’t should be held accountable, not their victims.