Happy Birthday Mom

When all others told you that I was going to be a failure. I wouldn't amount to anything. You choose to teach me to channel my anger and make something of myself

When life threw me rocks you told me to take those rocks and build a fortress

You taught me not to let others break my spirit and to be proud of my heritage.
You helped me structure my life when all things were not structured and encouraged me to do what's right.

You kept my head from evil even when evil attracted me to itself
Held my hand when i fell and held my head when I was sick
Held my heart when i was anorexic
My voice when i was broken and bleeding from fates harsh blows

You made me want to be great
Aspire for greatness
Reach for a future that seemed beyond my grasp

You taught me how a woman should allow a man to treat her
How a woman should allow herself to be loved
How a woman shows her man love
You taught me to respect myself
That I am a queen, a gem, a jewel,
And should be viewed as such, anything else was not an option

You made me want nothing but the best and taught me to respect myself
Taught me how not to cheapen myself
You made me the virtuous woman I am

You gave me guidelines and showed me how to live my life on the path that most don't seek
You gave me an education a beacon to guide my path for all my days
Taught me to be independent and brace myself against the nay sayers

You made me proud to be woman to be pure to be godly
To place trust in a higher being
You gave me food for my mind, water for my spirit and breathe by giving me life
You made me proud to be spiritual to have a voice and to be quiet and dainty

I am what I am because you showed me that it is not wrong for a woman to speak
It is not wrong for a woman to have her own
It is not wrong for a woman to have all girls and still be proud
It is not wrong for a woman to be a tomboy

I am who a I am because of you

Thank you my dear mother and Happy Birthday!

I MISS YOU