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Two Perspectives

Biological Mother

 

They are mine

I brought them into this world

They are mine

You have no rights to them

They are a physical part of me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bearing of a child

You know nothing about

They grow inside of you

Become a part of who you are

An extension of yourself

They are mine

 

 

 

 

A piece of my heart

Remains in that house

A part of me is there

Did you remove

All of the pictures of me?

How will they know I love them?

 

 

 

 

I wish I could kiss them goodnight

I miss them so much

Will they remember me

As time marches on?

 

 

 

What is best for them?

Certainly not an alcoholic mom.

One with no money to support them

But who loves them

Enough to leave them

In capable hands.

 

They will always be

A part of me

They are yours

Yet they are ours

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I will not see them again.

Stepmother

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are mine

I am raising them

As if I brought them into this world

They are mine

I do have rights to them

They are part of my heart

 

 

 

 

 

They are mine

I carry them with me

Everywhere I go

They are growing in front of me

Becoming a part of who I am

A piece of my heart

 

 

 

 

How will they know I love them?

I awaken them each morning

Tend to their needs and wants

Kiss their boo boos.

I make their meals and check their homework

I kiss them goodnight

 

 

As time marches on,

I will remind them of you

They will know that you loved them

That the choice you made was

What was best for them

 

 

 

 

In capable hands

 

They will always be

A part of me

They are yours

Yet they are ours

I will love them everyday.

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© 2023 by Sharon Gebhardt-Williams.

You'll change your mind.

                                   ~Sam Williams, Spring 1992

 

                                       Do you REALLY want to be a stepmother?

                                                                                                 ~Mom, Fall 1992

 

                                                                                            I chose to be their mother.

                                                                                                                                      ~Me, Today

                  

                                                                                  

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