Date Written: 02 May 2025
When life became a new
It all started with you
The one who sacrifices nights of sleep
day after day as the small one cries
or keeps getting out of bed
to just be put back to bed
to just get out of bed
repeating the cycle again
and again
It all started with you
When you decided to do a career change
from teaching to raising kids
It all started with you
Always trying your best
Despite the hurtful words said
during times of the small ones
becoming young teenagers
only then to change into young adolescents
It all started with you
And I am forever grateful to have a mother
That is as self-sacrificing, loving, and kind as you
Thank you Mom for supporting us
Your stubborn, headstrong children
And Happy Mother’s Day
From this small one who
spent more time trying
to get out bed than sleep in it
Back when the world, in my eyes, was all still new