Mommy Moments: Dear Mommy

Dear Mommy

Dear Mommy, your child is your princess. She is your responsibility. If not for her own sake, never let her get hurt by any means.

Dear Mommy, your child is your fan. She learns and takes after what you do, how you feel, where you go, how you react, what you think, why you love and why you hate. For her, be the best. Do not fail at being a good person for she too might suffer the same fate.

Dear Mommy, your child is your student. Teach her everything that you know and guide her in every way that you can. Bombard her with good thoughts, warm emotions, and logical and critical reasoning. Empower her with love, understanding and patience.

Dear Mommy, your child is your flesh and blood. Accept her. Recognize the whole of her - strengths, weaknesses, successes, and failures. Never forsake her for making wrong decisions and doing wrong things. She needs your guidance and your encouragement, not your pity, pride, and punishment. She needs you even when she says she doesn't.

Dear Mommy, your child is the best gift God has given to you. Do everything that you can to protect her from harm but never prevent her from living her life. Let her learn, explore, and experience for only through these things will she be able to feel, hold, and live her life to the fullest.

Dear Mommy, you child is not yours. She is not your shadow. She is not your doll. Do not shroud her with your wishes. Do not put her inside your cage of dreams. Do not let her be a slave of your beliefs and principles in life. Let her be the person that she can call herself. Let her grow. Let her have her own goals and beliefs. Let her pursue what she wants for as long as she is not hurting herself and others, for as long as she remains to be a God-fearing being.

Dear Mommy,

Love your Child,
Protect your Child,
Trust your Child,
and Believe in Your Child.

This is something I wrote just to guide me at being a parent when I was still pregnant with my eldest. It has been almost two years since I became a mom and frankly, until now, I'm still not prepared and sometimes, I fear that I may not be doing the right thing for my babies. I'm not an expert at mommyhood and I know I'll never be.

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