𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬

Hello, lovely people. Finally, I am back with the promised poem, which ties in nicely with Mother's Day. Yes, it's not Mother's Day for us in the UK, but the rest of the world is celebrating it today.

I am no poet, but these words have poured out of my heart. Often, I write to process what's happened in the past or when I come across others struggling in a specific area. This one is purely based on being a mother and the difficulties we go through every single day.

Interestingly, the difficulties have less to do with the child/children we are caring for and more to do with the societal pressures and stigma. This begs the question of why mothers face these difficulties and fathers don't. The only answer I can come up with is because we are women. Sadly, sexism lies at the core of the majority of societal issues, even in this day and age, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

FYI, this poem got several likes and comments on my Facebook page when I shared it first. Many mums and grandmums poured their hearts out and shared their experiences. So, if you can relate to this, please like, comment, and share.

So here we go...

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 “𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍” 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆.

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍.

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 & 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒓 & 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆. 

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒓, 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒅.

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚. 

𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒐. 

𝑺𝒐, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆. 

𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝑶𝑼. 

𝑺𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 

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