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Mother's Day
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Tahira Simon
It's hard to believe a year ago I spent my first mother's day in a homeless
shelter.
I'm Tahira Simon with a commentary from Youth Radio.
I was nineteen years old, my son Nassir was barely 10 months, and I was expecting
another baby. Pregnant and alone, I felt ashamed for my son and the child I
was carrying. I couldn't take care of them. I didn't feel like much of a mom.
At the shelter, my son caught colds and got infections. I felt helpless. I tried
my best to care for him, buying him organic food so he could eat better than
the other women and children at the shelter. I put so much effort into trying
to make my son love me.
A year later, Nassir and his new brother have a two parent family and home is
real. My sons have their own room. I finally feel like a mom.
They always say a child changes dramatically in the first years of life. But
sometimes I think I'm the one who has had the biggest transformation. In my
sons' eyes, I've always been their mom. It just took me a while to see that
in myself.
For Youth Radio, I'm Tahira Simon.
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