A tribute thread for our Moms

i got emotional when i stumbled across this photo, because of all the Pro/Anti-Choice discussions online this week brought memories to the forefront of when a failed abortion (insisted on by my stepdad) revealed a pregnancy to be ectopic. Not only did she almost die, but her hopes of having another biological child were reduced to near zero. But a couple of years later she was pregnant again and this time told stepdad his opinion irrelevant. (To his credit he did pay child support and unreliably, sporadically visit his son.)

My brother was a 'first baby' of New Year's in a Newark Hospital and one of the 'gifts' was professional photo shoot yearly for his first 5 years. He was barely a month or two old here. When i came on it today i cried, the look on her face---he was her 'miracle baby'. i had a great deal of the responsibility for his care, these days they'd call what Mom asked of me 'parentification' of a minor. i adored him anyway, still do!

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I will be going to the cemetery tmrw to visit my Mother. đź’–
I bought some real pretty plastic flowers (they last longer) at the Dollar store a couple of days ago to take w/me.

Some for her and some for my Dad.
They 've been gone since 2004.
 

Wow! We are blessed to have (or have had) beautiful mothers❣️ Very nice photos.
Earlier in the thread, I posted about my mother. Now I want to pay tribute to my birth mother who tragically was molested by a family friend when she was just 13 and died when she was 25. I am the product of that rape. She was barely 14 when she gave birth to me. I was raised thinking she was my cousin. She was so fun and I loved her so much. I found out just before my 16th birthday party was to start (5 years after she died of kidney disease), that she was really my birth mother. I was bugging my mother about getting my birth certificate so I could get my working papers and she broke down and told me. Not the best timing. I remember I was primping in the bathroom and almost fainted. I sometimes think about the horrors my birthmother must've gone through during that time although none of it was her fault! :cry: So I pay tribute to her today. If not for her, I would not be here. I love and miss her dearly. đź’”

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@Pecos @feywon @Medusa @Pinky @Shalimar
 
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CinnamonSugar said:
Don’t have a photo of my mom as a adult handy but I’ll share this one from her childhood… I still have that basket next to her feet

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That photo of your Mother reminded me of this one of mine. Tho i'm sure they were taken decades apart. The oversized hat, white socks and the shoes.

Mama was about 2 yrs in this. Her family was doing better by time she, the youngest came along so had professional photos of them. The two childhood photos of my Dad i have are candid shots.

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feywon said:
That photo of your Mother reminded me of this one of mine. Tho i'm sure they were taken decades apart. The oversized hat, white socks and the shoes.

Mama was about 2 yrs in this. Her family was doing better by time she, the youngest came along so had professional photos of them. The two childhood photos of my Dad i have are candid shots.

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So cute and sweet. This is a photo to be treasured for sure. Yours too @CinnamonSugar.
 

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