Deserie Faye Valentine-Palacio. My Strength, My Heart., My Mom

For some odd reason my mom has been really on my heart lately. I mean how many times a day do you truly think about your mom in such a way that makes you want to just break down and cry, because of the love she's given you and showed to others along the way of her life.

What brought me to this point of breaking down just about 5 minutes ago, is knowing that my mom is going to be turning 40, December 27. I know looking at this pic you wouldn't think my mom would be turning 40, but yes folks my mommy is gonna be 40. I guess you're probably wondering, okay you're mom is getting older like everyone else. But what drives me is that for half her life, she spent being a mother to me. Do the math yall, half of 40 is 20... which means she had me at 20, and how old am i folks...OOO yeah 20. She spent half of her life loving me, caring for me, and being there for me in countless of ways.


Once upon working 2 jobs and still being a mom to both my younger sister and I. She made sacrifices I still cry over to this day, like her bringing home left overs from the nursing homes she worked at. Grant it the food wasn't all that grate, but it was better then nothing. People at work would make fun of her yall, straight up clown my mom for trying to survive, but my mother didn't give in. She was focused, and knew what she had to do in order to make ends meet for us. When she had to work double shifts at work, and couldn't afford a babysitter Adonia and I would always go with her to work. Okay now at the age of 6 and 3, how would you like to hear old people screaming while you're trying to go to sleep in one of those hospital beds. Can we say scariness... But there was no other choice for us. My mom is a woman of humility, and that showed in these two examples I've shared with you.

I always ask myself why do I love people with so much compassion, because that's what I saw my mom do. Why am I so giving and caring of others well-being over my own well-being most of the time, because that's what I saw my mom do and continue to do. There's so much this woman has taught me, and sometimes I take those things for grant it. She taught me how to love well and how to give expecting nothing in return. She taught me how to be there for people when they need you, because you never know when you may need them in return.

I thank God for blessing me with her. She has the most beautiful spirit. She's a woman I hope to be like someday. I feel like I have a long way to go sometimes, but she encourages me to keep striving to be the best I can be.