Mother’s Day is a celebration that takes place all over the world, but for some, it is not necessarily a time of celebration.

From the age of ten, I dreaded Mother’s Day because I was angry and felt that my mother chose to abandon and reject me, depriving me of the love and relationship I could have had with her, especially as I grew up into my teens and started to develop as a girl. I had to rely on the men who were there for me to take me shopping for my first bra and help me through my first menstrual cycle.

Let me stop here and applaud the many amazing men and fathers who are dual parents. We celebrate you on this day too because I grew up with a few men in my life as well.

I believe that in our life many of us will have the amazing opportunity to be influenced and even raised by five types of mothers (biological, natural, adopted, spiritual and destiny mother), each bringing something unique and wonderful to complement and complete us to become the best version of ourselves.