The years that I was bullied was one of the hardest times in my life and I wouldn't have made it through without my amazing mother. In the beginning, I didn't want to tell anyone because I thought I could handle it by myself, but I couldn't. Although I would go home and cry very often I would make sure it wasn't in front of anyone and some place that they wouldn't hear. One day I couldn't hold it in anymore and my mother asked me about school, I just begin to cry. I told her everything that had been happening. She held me and comforted me while I cried over the terrible things the kids said about me. My mother told me that I was beautiful. She told me it did not matter what other think, only what I thought about myself. She told me that people …show more content…
When I told my mom this I could tell it hurt her because the last thing a mother wants to see is her child hurt. My mom opened my eyes to the reality of the world and unfortunately, it was not a pretty sight. My mother refused to give up on me. She went tell before I went to school every day that I was beautiful. She will text me while I was at school and tell me I was beautiful. My mom did this so often that I begin to walk with my head a little higher and believe that I was beautiful. My mother still does this today maybe not every day, but when I went away to school she would text me that I was beautiful and she loved me. My mother played a vital role in building my confidence back up when the world tore it down. Without her consistent love, honesty, and support I would not have become the beautiful women I am today. Due to this I and my mother became much closer because she too is a darker skinned African American woman therefore she really understood what I was going through. She held my hand through all of the pain that these years of bullying caused me. My mother is an amazing woman and without her grace, I would not have gotten through this