To
ask a person who they are is a question that implies more than simply a name. A
single title will neither create a full sum of what defines a person nor
accurately describe what they think of themselves. To define myself as to whom
I am, verses what I am, and is a vast valley of worth. In essence, I am being
asked to equate self-value into what makes me the person I am. How very
personal of a question that is. How little we know of ourselves may very well
surprise most of us.
I
am first a mother. It has taken more than giving birth to make me a mother. It
is a choice I make upon awakening. It is the decision that I will live out my
life in such a way as to give my children a mother they can be proud of. It is
the realization that my life is no longer my own and that my consequences lay
in the hands of those little beings following me. This is the greatest
responsibility I have ever owned but take it with great pride.
