than your partner,
than your closest friends,
than you love her,
than anyone.
Because those people, yes, they do love you a lot,
maybe even “so much,”
but a mother’s love is incomparable.
Because it’s a different kind of love.
It’s a love that prioritizes your well-being above her own,
a love that's loud and so strong that, at times, she aches,
a love that changes with your needs, but it’s always there.
It’s a love that protects and supports.
Because she fell in love with you when you were just a thought
before she even met you,
before, you were a small baby who fit on her chest.
And that kind of love that loves unconditionally is powerful.
Because no one else in this entire world will love you like that.
So, you can’t love more than a mom,
and you won’t understand until you become one.
