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Writer's pictureTina N. Katamay

Happy Mother's Day

Updated: Jun 25



Happy Mother's Day
Photo by S&B Vonlanthen on Unsplash

A little girl … abandoned! Left with strangers, I forged a wall, protecting myself from the pain of loving and losing, convincing myself I didn’t need a mother. I was self-sufficient and all I needed. It wasn’t until I had no mother that I realized the difference between needing a mother and wanting a mother.


My Real Mother-Book

With My Real Mother about to launch, and today being Mother’s Day, I thought I’d share a bit about how the day has always affected me. Growing up and as a young adult woman


Mother’s Day was always a day I dreaded.

Every year I went to the hallmark card section looking for the perfect sentiment. None fit my situation. Walking away empty-handed, crying, and disappointed, I longing for a relationship like the one I read about in the greeting cards.


Years later, I am just now understanding the depth of the love it took for two women to give me what I read about in one card. I had everything I thought I didn’t need or want!


This Mother’s Day as I launch my book first book in a three-book series, My Real Mother and while I am writing my second book, My Other Mother, both tributes to my two mothers. I want to say Happy Mother’s Day to the all the mothers who stuck it out even though it was tough. Happy Mother’s Day to the mothers out there who gave birth but sacrificed their motherhood to give their children what they felt they could not give them. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who could not or chose not to bear children, but excel as adoptive mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, and fur mothers. Happy Mother’s Day to the single mothers who struggle to put food on the table.


You all deserve the recognition for the love you give and the sacrifices you’ve made to ensure those you love to feel safe and loved.


Happy Mother’s Day to my two mothers in heaven. Thank you for molding me and shaping me into the mother I am today!!


Also, I want to extent a huge thank you to all of you who have ordered My Real Mother.

Thank you for joining me on my cathartic journey, where I chip away at the wall I built out of anger and disappointment, hoping to find forgiveness.


With love and gratitude,

Tina


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