I M Perfect lady

I want to celebrate the mothers who do the right thing; not the easy thing.  I want to honor those whose mothering roles has been very costly; in pain, in courage and pure strength to go on.

Mothers who forego their comfort in order to change the patterns of abuse.

Mothers who take their children out of dysfunctional homes.

Mothers who have to bury their child and live another day; and another.

Mothers who set up boundaries in order to protect their children. Who lose relationships with their siblings and families of origin…and childhood friends etc.

Mothers who walk away from religions that turn a blind eye.

Mothers who learn to walk a new pattern without a pattern to follow.

Mothers who have to wrestle with their own demons while trying to create a loving home; again without knowing how.

Mothers who have to find ways to love themselves in order to love their children.  And, they start with a seed so small.  Yet they cling tightly to this sprout of love.

Mothers who walk as strangers among old friends in order to show their child boundaries.

Mothers who dare to speak their silence.

Mothers who stand up boldly.  Loudly.  In fear; but fearlessly hold their grounds.

Mothers who are called mental, different, cold, bitter, and all kinds of things, as they put up boundaries and learn self-respect, self-love and regain their self-esteem.

Mothers who are badasses!

Heroines in their own story.

Who will one day give their children something to be proud of.  

Be someone of value and self-worth.  

Be a woman who stands and protects their child at a million personal costs – that actually end up to be gains of unseen and unimaginable gifts!

To one day,  be a mom our mothers couldn't be.

As I sit here today on Mother's Day – I could look back at all my mother wasn't, or I could feel the angst and shame society places on those of us who are estranged.  Instead I want to stand empowered by those of us who are daring to change dysfunction into function.

Those young girls who I have had the pleasure of talking to; who are walking with me.

We are women who are not waiting for change. We are literally being the change we want to see in the world.

Women who love themselves enough to say, no to abuse.

I cheer each of you as you make your way.

Happy Mother's Day to the women who are literally changing the world by being the mother they didn't have.  

By mothering their inner child they are learning about boundaries, courage, strength, emotions, feelings, choices, voices, love, respect, esteem, empowerment, joy, peace, art, adventure, life, the unknown, soul, character….

They are learning how brilliantly exciting it is to be a free spirit and to be a perfectly imperfect woman!  Breaking the mold we were born into…and becoming who we were born to be!

"I M Perfect; and it is impossible not to be…"