A Love Letter to My Mother, MOMBetty J. Tilman. #MothersDayIsEveryDay

 A Love Letter to My Mother, MOMBetty J. Tilman. 

MOM, I feel so privileged to have you as a Mother 

and to have journeyed with you in this lifetime. 

Looking back on this time on Earth, my life has 

been one of learning, adventure and more Joy 

than I thought imaginable.  

From the Dr. Seuss days of Green Eggs and Ham 

and the rhyming poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar 

to my rebellious teenage years where I sought solace

 in everything "Black" from  Ebony and Jet Magazine,

 the poetry of Langston Hughes and Sojourner Truth,

 the writing and filmmaking of Gordon Parks and the 

music of Roberta Flack,  James Brown, Grace Jones, 

Ashford and Simpson--- to my rocky  mistakes and 

disillusionment of young adulthood---You Exposed 

Me to the Best Life Had to Offer!  

Sometimes I was fearful.   You pushed and pushed 

and told me that I had a right to walk any path I 

choose in the World.   So often I felt that I was not

 good enough and unworthy of these great gifts.  

People whispered behind your back and made fun

 of me when I articulated with my extensive vocabulary.

   They said I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.  

Looking back, it was funny how some of the relatives

 and community associates or so called friends looked

 for ways to undermine your authority and convince 

me to go right when I should have gone left.  

What I thought I wanted was to be "normal".  I didn't

 understand that being different and unique was a

 Great Gift.  Though I tried to run away from all you

 had taught me, it was so imprinted in my mind and

 my heart and my Soul that the further I ran, the 

closer I came to it.     

I Thank You for a first class education, for the square

 dancing and swimming at the YWCA, ballet and drama

 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, camp in Maine at Blueberry

 Cove and studying musical instruments like the violin

 and recorder.  I never did master either but at least I 

love music!  

I've become a person who loves people of different cultures.  Travel is like eating chocolate and I honor all Faith traditions 

and continue to explore the Divine Essence of Mother

FatherG-D through Love. 

I look at myself now and know that I am a product of Your

 Magnificent Efforts!    Thank You for All You have done 

for me.  Your Goodness inspires me.  Your toughness 

helped me learn how to survive in a World that would

 say "Who do you think You Are??",  

Instead of "How Can I Help?".  

I Could Go On Forever ….Thank You. Thank You. 

Thank YOU!  

I Love YOU Into Eternity 

MOMBetty J. Tilman!

I Honor YOU and All MOTHERS EVERYDAY! 

Love, Melony 🌍

aka Miss Mellie Rainbow 🎊

Peace Is Possible through Compassion, Cooperation, 

Courage, Creativity, Deep Listening, Faith, Forgiveness,

 Good Purpose, Hope, Integrity, Kindness, Mercy, Patience,

 Respect, Tenacity, Understanding and the Gift of Love! 

Photo,TBT 1971 MOMBetty and Melony Shadyside, 

Pittsburgh, PA...

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