🌷 A Mother’s Day Miracle: My Testimony 🌷

Mother’s Day has always been special, but for me, it carries a deeper meaning one rooted in faith, resilience, heartbreak, and ultimately, joy.

You see, there was a time when I was told I could never become a mother.

Doctors, specialists, and even the man I was married to back then all echoed the same verdict: “You can’t have children.” I heard those words so many times they carved themselves into my mind, threatening to bury my hope.

I remember the pain of several miscarriages, the quiet grief, the silent prayers in the middle of the night. There’s a kind of heartbreak only a woman who has lost a child she never got to hold can understand. Each time I miscarried, it felt like a little piece of me was slipping away. I wondered if something was wrong with me. I wondered if maybe God had overlooked me.

But God had not.

At 29 years old, when I least expected it, when I had already let go of the idea of becoming a mother
I got pregnant. And this time, the pregnancy held. I carried my daughter full term, and when she arrived, she filled every crack in my broken heart. Not long after, I was blessed again this time with a son.

Two miracles. Two promises kept.

Today, I stand not just as a woman, but as a mother  a living testimony that God has the final word. Not doctors. Not statistics. Not past disappointments. God.

So on this Mother’s Day, I celebrate not just the flowers, the cards, or the brunch dates. I celebrate the miracle of motherhood itself. I celebrate the journey, the scars, the triumph. I celebrate the women who mother through adoption, through loss, through spiritual and emotional nurturing, and the women still waiting for their miracle.

To all mothers, in every form this poem is for you.

🌸 A Poem for Mothers 🌸

You are the soil where miracles grow,

The hands that cradle, the hearts that know.

Through tears and trials, loss and gain,

You rise each day, through joy and pain.

You are the whisper in the darkest night,

The warrior armed with love and light.

You carry dreams, you birth new days,

You lift the world in countless ways.

For every mother, near or far,

For those with children, or just the scar,

For those who wait, and those who weep,

For those whose love runs strong and deep

Today we honor all you are,

A guiding moon, a blazing star.

No matter what the world may say,

You are a miracle  Happy Mother’s Day. 💛

by: Afuru Ifill