Life begins when a mother and father cross paths and join whether out of love or lust. The father has the choice to stay or go. The mom has the option to keep you, to abort you, or to give you up for adoption. Either way, the mom must live with the choice that she makes for the rest of her life. My mom chose to keep me even with the prior knowledge that she was going to be a single mother. My mom was all I had for the first 14 years of my life until she died. Losing my mom sent my emotions on an unforgettable journey. I sat there looking at my mother’s lifeless body in shock. I was speechless. I felt like someone had just pulled the plug on me. I felt like something, or someone had knocked the breath out of me. I was numb, and my life was …show more content…
It also allowed me to breathe again. The breaths did not come easy at first, but I kept breathing. The more I kept breathing, the more natural the breaths came. Once the breathing was steady, another breeze entered.
The breeze of contentment came next, and it allowed things to move again. It also allowed me to see the meaning of life again. I could see all the things that my mother had always wanted me to do in life. Once I could see those things again, I started working towards fulfilling them one step at a time. The knowledge that my mother had instilled in me while I had her made the steps easier to fulfill, and it also allowed the final breeze to come through the window with ease.
The last breeze was the breeze of appreciation for all the things that my mother had done and taught me within those 14 years of having her before she passed away. I appreciate the unconditional love that she gave which, taught me to love my children unconditionally. I am grateful the times she stayed up and held me while I was sick. I appreciate her choosing to keep me knowing that she was about to be a single mother. I thank her for coming to me in my dream to comfort me after she