An Open Letter to Motherhood

The first language you learn is your mother’s heartbeat.

Photo by Artem Maltsev on Unsplash

Your first steps are in the direction of the woman who raised you, and then you spend the rest of your life walking with what they taught you. Whomever you decide to crown as your mother, it is because she was your first pure friend. She’s dried the tears that held your entire life and watched as your heart changed. She’s been there for your ideas, the big…