my mother's garden
By mothermia
@mothermia (53)
United States
July 29, 2008 8:14pm CST
my mother kept a garden,
a garden of the heart,
she planted all the good things that gave my life its start.
she turned me to the sunshine and encouraged me to dream,
fostering and nuturing the seeds of self-estemm...
and when the winds and rain came,
she protected me enough,
but not too much because she knew i'd need to stand up strong and tough.
her constant good example always taught me right from wrong--markers for my pathway that will last a lifetime long.
i am my mothers garden.
i am her legacy-
and i hope today she feels the love reflected back from me..
one of the many gifts i got for mothers day from my daughter..
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@capirani (2840)
• United States
30 Jul 08
That is so sweet. So if I understand this correctly, you are the mother being spoken of in this post? I wish I had had that kind of mother, and been more of that kind of mother. I guess we all do the best with what we have been taught ourselves. My mother was also a very good mother and taught me much. I just didn't get good self esteem and was too overprotected I think.
@mothermia (53)
• United States
31 Jul 08
yes i am the mother and my mother taught me all of that and trying to teach my chilren the same..overprotected yes just a little bit..but when do you really let go?
@capirani (2840)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I was overprotected to the extreme so that when I finally did go out on my own, I had no self confidence or self esteem. My mother would tell me that the things I wanted to do in life were not good choices, along with other things and even though I did get to do a lot of normal everyday things, I was sheltered from so much I didn't have a good grasp of what real life was about once on my own.
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
31 Jul 08
That is truely a feeling that any mother deseves, we are there because our mothers natured us-I give total honour to my mama-because she did all that you say, but went ahead to nuture under very hard circumstances! A great song for your mam could come out of this post!
