To all the mamas, chosen and blood, all the aunties and titas, sisters and siblings, grandmas and caregivers who have been mothers to us - we love you!
To all the mamas, chosen and blood, all the aunties and titas, sisters and siblings, grandmas and caregivers whose footsteps we follow in love and liberation, in struggle and resistance, in healing and celebration - we love you!
To all the mamas, chosen and blood, all the aunties and titas, sisters and siblings, and grandmas and caregivers who have been separated from their families because of borders, migration, and systems of violence, yet love so closely - we love you!
To all the mamas who have raised us in single parent households, all the communities that have gathered to grow with us - we love you!
To all the mamas acting as caregivers to another family's child, to all the migrant domestic workers who live in diaspora and whose hearts live back home - we love you!
To all the mamas defying gender and relationship norms, all the mamas who learn to be allies for us, however we grow - we love you!
To all the mamas, chosen and blood, all the aunties and titas, sisters and siblings, grandmas and caregivers who share recipes passed down from generations, create new ones, and teach us that to love is to be at the dinner table - we love you!
In fact, we wouldn't be Heartwood without you! Happy Mother's Day!
To all the mamas, chosen and blood, all the aunties and titas, sisters and siblings, grandmas and caregivers whose footsteps we follow in love and liberation, in struggle and resistance, in healing and celebration - we love you!
To all the mamas, chosen and blood, all the aunties and titas, sisters and siblings, and grandmas and caregivers who have been separated from their families because of borders, migration, and systems of violence, yet love so closely - we love you!
To all the mamas who have raised us in single parent households, all the communities that have gathered to grow with us - we love you!
To all the mamas acting as caregivers to another family's child, to all the migrant domestic workers who live in diaspora and whose hearts live back home - we love you!
To all the mamas defying gender and relationship norms, all the mamas who learn to be allies for us, however we grow - we love you!
To all the mamas, chosen and blood, all the aunties and titas, sisters and siblings, grandmas and caregivers who share recipes passed down from generations, create new ones, and teach us that to love is to be at the dinner table - we love you!
In fact, we wouldn't be Heartwood without you! Happy Mother's Day!