I gave birth to you

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I watched you as you grew, you watched me as I worked. I didn't lose anything, I didn't give anything up. Everything I've ever done, I've done knowing it would be best for you. I've not lost a thing, and I gained you. I am who you call mama, you are who I call my child. I don't own you, you are not me, you grow to be whoever you want to become, isn't that lovely?

Now that you've grown to work for as long as I have, you watch me as I descend in my final room eight feet under. Now, as I see you, I see the best I could've ever had. My only wish is that you think the same of yourself.

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