I’m becoming the mother I needed my mom to be

I logged onto Facebook the other day and saw a dear friend post: "of course I always knew my mama loved me, but I never knew how much until I had my baby!"

These sentiments are commonly shared between first-time mamas. You hear it time and time again.

Women have their first child and realize the sacrifice, the grace, and the love that their mothers have for them, and the new mother's gratitude overflows, and the irreplaceable bond between a mother and her daughter becomes even deeper, stronger, and more intimate.

The new set of eyes given through motherhood allows her to see her mother in clear view, and she is in awe of the woman who raised her...

But what if she's not?

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