Dear Mother

Poems on the Hot Mess of Motherhood

Bunmi Laditan

• Publisher: MIRA
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780778308461
• eBook ISBN: 9781488038587
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

The USA Today–bestselling author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure and Toddlers Are A**holes shares poetry on the ups and downs of being a mom.
The first collection of poetry from Bunmi Laditan, bestselling author of Confessions of a Domestic Failure and creator of The Honest Toddler, capturing the honesty, rawness, sheer joy and total madness of motherhood. With the compassion and wit that have made her a social media sensation among mothers around the world, Bunmi Laditan puts into evocative and relatable words what so many of us feel but can't quite express. For mothers who love their children with a fiery fierceness but know what it is to feel crushed at the end of those long days, Dear Mother is like a warm hug that says, "I get it."

Table of contents

• Cover
• Back Cover Text
• About the Author
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Love
• Where Can You Find My Heart?
• The Audacity Of A Child’s Demands for Love
• What Kind Of Magic Enchants
• Most Days I Wake Up Tired
• Motherhood Has Taught Me
• When I Squeeze You
• What Does It Mean To Be A Mother?
• As You Grow Into The Person You Were Meant To Be
• On Days I Don’t Feel Loved
• To Embrace My Child
• How Can It Be That
• To Me There Is Nothing More Beautiful
• I Know I May Forget This Day
• Motherhood Opened Up The Floodgates
• For Mother’s Day
• When I Tell A Man
• I Weave My Love Around You, Child
• An Angel Told Me That Love
• You Were Not Born Of My Body
• Children Don’t Just Grow Up
• I Want You To Grow
• Laughter
• The Toddler
• Motherhood Requires More Sacrifice Than I Realized
• If Muffin Tops
• Dear Mother
• What You Lose In Sleep
• Showers Are Both
• They Say You Should Do One Thing
• Gift Ideas For Her
• What A Pity
• I’ve Never Scaled Everest
• You Don’t Know Frustration
• Dear Mother
• At Some Point
• If You Can Say
• Is It Even Dinner
• To Make A Two-Year-Old
• If My Laundry Is Not Alive
• Dear Mother
• I’ve Done The Math
• Only Parents And Medical Professionals
• Dear Mother
• Time Flies When You_re Having Fun
• It's My Opinion
• Dear Mother
• A Four-Year-Old Is A Cross Between
• Modern Parents Don’t Ask Babysitters For References
• Dear Mother, Waking Up Before The Sun Again
• Tears
• On The Nights That Are Too Much
• There’s No Such Thing As Strong Women
• It’s Always The Innocent Mothers
• It Feels Good To Cry Sometimes
• The Most Exhausting Part Of
• Dear Mother
• There’s No One
• Oh Mother
• Motherhood Is A Madness I Only Wish To Sink Deeper Into
• Your Home Is Enough
• Your Worth As A Mother
• Nothing’s Wrong, It’s Just Hard_
• If You Can’t Figure Out
• I Never Realize How Tired I Am
• I Want To Say Sweet Things At Night
• Lie Down And Wait For Me
• I Don’t Hate You
• Dear Mother
• Sometimes We Give From The Heart
• The Hardest Task As A Mother
• Dear Mother
• These Days, I Prefer To Be Alone
• I Live With My Back Against A Bulging Door
• Dear Mother
• Depression Isn’t Sadness
• In Real Wars
• Anxiety Isn’t About Being Shy
• Dear Mother
• In A Mother’s Love
• Mothers With Invisible Children
• Dear Mother
• You Were Supposed To Be Born Today
• I Don’t Know When You Died
• When Night Is At Its Darkest
• You’re Still My Child, Angel
• On Those Long
• Dear Mother
• Madness
• The Paradox Of Motherhood
• When I’m With Them
• Nobody Tells You
• I Wish I Was Your Grandmother
• There Are Two Mothers Inside Of Me
• It’s Tempting To Hold Each Moment
• As Exhausted As I Am
• It’s Tiresome Feigning
• Some Days I Feel Like The Poison
• I Can Get So Lost
• Motherhood Is The Only Time
• Camera Roll
• Sometimes I Don’t Know If I’m Going To Survive
• He Said “Mommy”
• The Magic Of Motherhood
• Dear Mother
• Raising
• Some Days I Can’t Believe
• Motherhood Has A Way Of Taking All Of Your
• Dear Mother
• The Triumph Of Motherhood Cannot Be Found
• What I’m Most Afraid Of
• Every Day I Have The Choice
• We Don_t Have Children
• When the Nurse Yelled “Push”
• People Seem Ordinary
• Dear Mother
• Children Weren’t Designed To Be
• I Pray They Don’t Notice
• We Can Talk To Our Children About Love
• The Difference Between
• Whatever Soul Pains
• You Have My Eyes
• Every Once And Again
• I’ve Learned That The Best Parents
• Dear Mother
• If My Children Grow Up To Be
• Everyone Tells You About
• I Want My Children To
• I Know Enough About
• I Didn’t Pray Much Before Having Children
• It's Taken Many Years
• My Wish For You
• The World Doesn't Deserve You, Child
• Dear Mother
• I Didn't Realize How_Dangerous It Is
• Over My Dead Body
• I Believe These Boys
• “You Can Get It Yourself”
• That Moment When Your Child
• The Stillness Of A House
• Will They Remember All The Yelling?
• Apology
• In These Days
• On The Bed Of My Imminent Passing
• If I Could Give You
• Dear_Mother
• Some Days I Wish Your Heart
• Rising
• Who Is Going To Raise Me
• Motherhood Transforms You
• If I'd Known How Lonely
• What If The Children We Have Are No Accident?
• I Hope I Look
• My Motto Began As "Breast Is Best"
• My Biggest Fear
• Motherhood Doesn't Push You
• Dear Mother
• Motherhood Exposes
• They Say You've Made It When The Bills All Get Paid
• One Day You Wake Up
• I Liked You On Our First Date
• There Is Nothing That Melts The Heart
• The Best Part Of
• Love In The Time Of Children
• Don't Say You Love Me
• Dear Mother
• She Is A Single Mother Married
• Dear Mother
• If You're Tired Of Me
• If I Promise To Blame Myself
• Dear Mother
• As Much As I Want Him
• Dear Mother
• Women Don't Marry For A Partner
• I Don't Want To Hear About
• My Secret Desire Is For
• Dear Mother
• I'm Not Broken
• From Time To Time
• The Unspoken Work Of Motherhood
• On The Day They Handed Out Brains In Heaven
• Of All The Things I Pass Down To My Children
• Dear Mother
• I Wish I Could Love
• Be Careful How You Speak About
• What A Shame It Would Be
• When I Was Younger
• If Babies Ruin Bodies
• Love Tore Through My Body
• I Don't Like Being A Mother
• Think Of Yourself As A Garden
• If Motherhood Has Taught Me Anything
• Labor Never Ends
• Dear Mother
• Copyright