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Hey, listen. Believe me, you are doing your best.

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Instead of celebrating the commercial aspect of Mother’s Day her people should have checked on her mental health.

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My mother has always been beautiful, but I wanted to look like, and be, my own person with my own identity.

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Pregnancy can be very difficult, and it is different for every single woman.

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Motherhood doesn’t come with an instruction manual. 

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The journey of starting motherhood is one that you can truly never forget.

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Turn off your phone. One more phone call or text from family asking if you’ve had the baby yet as if you have forgotten to tell them and you’re gonna have a meltdown.

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I am not hung up on the past, nor does this particular story have any bearing on my life now, except it did become a pattern of what was to come.

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You tell her that her body isn’t meant to be looked at, examined, ogled and objectified by the world and by her own self. It’s for activity, learning, sports, loving. Her body is her vessel to leave her mark on the world.

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Being a mother is an amazing title, but it’s also the hardest job on earth.