A Mother’s Love

“Critics say that I should have done things different by being more judgy, absolute, and persecutionary.

Well, first of all, I am a mother and thus represent a place of shelter for my offspring.

And second, if any of my younglings come to me in a state of pure desperation from everything having burned to “hell” around and then crumbled underneath them, I am going to carefully assess the situation and figure out how best to support them.

With understanding and empathy – no matter how hard it is going to be for me.

And when trauma is involved, careful cleansing of wounds with gentle stitching back up for the best chance of proper healing is needed.

And yeah – I do not like getting burned down and receiving the ‘reward’ of negative societal branding for extending, helping, and trusting within extreme circumstances.

But ‘parting the Red Seas’ is not easy for a human – so step back with those unecessarily-snide-nosed dispersions, please.

I could see the complexity of our different sides and the heavy struggles my beloveds were facing.

And I had twenty or more years of life experience ahead of them to try to give grace where I could when they felt that they couldn’t reciprocate to me.

And even though I was inadvertently sacrificed and am still paying a heavy price, my cherished ones are all in better positions, now, because of my beliefs.”