Because I am her mother

My life is very different, because I am Cora's mother.

I know I have an immense capacity to love, because I am her mother.

I know what it means to truly sacrifice, body and soul, on behalf of another person because I am her mother.

I know what it means to have your dreams fall apart, because I am her mother.

I know how strong I can be, because I am her mother.

I understand my own mother, and my grandmothers much better, because I am her mother.

I no longer cry tears of sympathy, but tears of empathy, because I am her mother.

I have more patience with her siblings, because I am her mother.

I am friends with many amazing, beautiful, heartbroken women, because I am her mother.

I am a better person, because I am her mother.