Now I wasn't some kind of sociopath of a child (mostly), I have always loved my mom. But when you are a kid you love people very shallowly, it's just a thing you say before bed and hug a family member. It doesn't usually go deeper than that for a child. Love though is more than a word its an action that requires selflessness, understanding, and sacrifice. And I at age 14 was about to learn step by step how to love someone.
To understand this story we have to go a little further back Into my past. See my mom as Hypoparathyroidism, fifty cent word I know. It means that her hormones are out of control, leaving her constantly tired and in pain. She has been sick my whole life and she has required multiple surgeries. Sometimes it was hard and my …show more content…
I was at youth group and the youth pastor was talking about forgiveness and I couldn't stop thinking about my mom, as it ended and my family and I were in the car on the way home, I decided to forgive my mom, though I had no idea where to go after that. At first I didn't show my change of heart (I lessened my attitude a little bit, still called her "woman" though) , I guess I still wanted to seem tough. But I started asking my mom questions about herself, I started trying to figure out what made her, her. I learned about her childhood, and what she liked, but most importantly I learned about her health (I thought she wasn't sick, mean I knew she was sick I just didn't realize just how sick she was.). I began to not only see her as a mom but a person, with feelings and a past, a person that couldn't help making mistakes. And that is what finally allowed me to forgive my mom fully (I even started calling her mom again.). After I forgave my mom my next task was how to show her that I loved her. But in the end that wasn't that hard, after all I had two great examples. I began to write her notes telling her I loved her, I started helping when she needed, I started talking with her and spending time with her both as a mom and a person, and finally hugging her again. Now I look back at my life with gratitude it wasn't always easy, and I had to crossover some steep learning curves, but I had amazing parents who loved me very dearly, and an amazing mom who still does ( and whom I dearly love
To understand this story we have to go a little further back Into my past. See my mom as Hypoparathyroidism, fifty cent word I know. It means that her hormones are out of control, leaving her constantly tired and in pain. She has been sick my whole life and she has required multiple surgeries. Sometimes it was hard and my …show more content…
I was at youth group and the youth pastor was talking about forgiveness and I couldn't stop thinking about my mom, as it ended and my family and I were in the car on the way home, I decided to forgive my mom, though I had no idea where to go after that. At first I didn't show my change of heart (I lessened my attitude a little bit, still called her "woman" though) , I guess I still wanted to seem tough. But I started asking my mom questions about herself, I started trying to figure out what made her, her. I learned about her childhood, and what she liked, but most importantly I learned about her health (I thought she wasn't sick, mean I knew she was sick I just didn't realize just how sick she was.). I began to not only see her as a mom but a person, with feelings and a past, a person that couldn't help making mistakes. And that is what finally allowed me to forgive my mom fully (I even started calling her mom again.). After I forgave my mom my next task was how to show her that I loved her. But in the end that wasn't that hard, after all I had two great examples. I began to write her notes telling her I loved her, I started helping when she needed, I started talking with her and spending time with her both as a mom and a person, and finally hugging her again. Now I look back at my life with gratitude it wasn't always easy, and I had to crossover some steep learning curves, but I had amazing parents who loved me very dearly, and an amazing mom who still does ( and whom I dearly love