To my Mother....
Family can have many definitions. In my world I have my biological family, my extended family, my dance family, my friends that feel like family. This week I got to spend time with my mother and my sister. While I see my sister often, I don't see my mother very often because she lives in Texas.
My mother and I have had our ups and downs, like any mother/daughter relationship. My mother is an amazing woman. At almost 79, she runs a very successful Network Marketing business, she has a successful marriage with mutual respect and love that took time to get there, but they did the work and they are an amazing couple that I hope to be like some day, she really understands me. I have not always felt the level of understanding I feel now, but some things came up for me in my personal life the past month or so and I felt loved and heard by her.
In my life, although I am a counselor by profession, I have always struggled with trust, especially the last few years. I have struggled with being able to express my feelings and feel validation and unconditional love. This is no one's fault but things I have gone through in my life have caused this. This week, and spending this amazing time with my mother, I have felt such love, support, friendship as an adult mother/ daughter relationship, that I feel my heart has opened a little more, the feelings of trusting my instincts are returning, the feelings of being able to share how I feel without fear are coming up for me.
I just want to say, because I know she will read this...Mom, I love and adore you. We have had our challenges and have grown into a relationship that I am so happy we have. You are an amazing women and I hope when I am your age, I am just a fraction of the amazing women you are. I love you
All my love to all
Debbie