Mom’s of Inner Children

F. Magdalene Austin

Many adult survivors of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, etc) will reluctantly mail out a bland, clourless card to their mother or they may choke down brunch while trying not to gag over the falsehood of the appreciative gesture. While y’all are doing that I have chosen to pay homage to a different part of Mother’s Day. I have chosen to mark this day to celebrate Mom’s of Inner Children.

I am mother to my inner child and I think on this day I can try and regroup and think of ways I’ve nurtured or assisted myself with a positive outcome. I’d like to think about what I’ve done or haven’t done and what I hope to do in the future. I want to reflect on positives, negatives and neutral things.

This will not be a day I beat myself up for failing as an inner parent. It’s a day to embrace the fact that I get to put the safest hands on my inner self and nurture it the best I can. This is the day when I get to celebrate my own motherhood, my own ability to nurture and care for the whole me, my inner child and the empowered adult.

For all of those who try to self nurture
Happy Mom’s of Inner Children Day

F. Magdalene Austin
SUNDRIP – Art for Life

  • bev langby

    bev langby

    OMG Austin this is so deep and meaningful, thank u so much for sharing this and i wish u every happiness on your journey of nurturing your inner child ….....i also nuture my inner child through being the victim of a horrid divorce which left me stripped bare and feeling worthless, its a long road but one we all need to travel, for our individual reasons….....much love xxxxxxxxxxx

  • Ming Myaskovsky

    Ming Myaskovsky

    Hat off!! Very well written, this is truly original and very creative. :)

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