Every time I write about you, I find myself helpless and surrounded by a chaos of words, because everything I want to say is bigger than any phrase, and deeper than any description. How can I write about you, when you are all tenderness? How can I describe you, when you are the safety that nothing else resembles?
You have been the only constant in my life when everything else changed, the only support when I looked for a shoulder, and the backbone when I sought it too. You were my light in all darkness, my guide on all paths, and my refuge and shelter after God.
Mom… you are the first love of my life, and the most beautiful blessing God has graced me with. You are the light that guides my path, the heart that embraces me no matter my faults, and the spirit that outpaces me with prayers at every step. You were and still are my support, my strength, and my refuge at all times.
You stood by me when I was tired, lifted me when I was weak, and believed in me even in moments when I did not believe in myself. Your support for me was not just words, it was a whole life I live by, and strength I draw upon every day.
Your prayers, Mom, have always surrounded me as if they were a shield protecting me… every good I have reached, and every successful step I took, I know in my heart it began with a sincere prayer from you. For you are the reason, after God, for everything beautiful in my life.
From you, I learned patience, from your eyes I read the meaning of sacrifice, and from your heart I knew what true love is. If everything beautiful had a name, its name to me would be “Mother”.
No matter how old I get, I will always need you like a child who knows no safety but in your arms.
Mom… If there were a title for love, you would be its heading. If there were an end to giving, your giving would be endless. I pray to God to keep you for me, to extend your life, and to always make me a reason for your happiness just as you have been a reason for every happiness in my life.
Happy every year and you are the most priceless person in my heart… I love you more than words can say.
