Everyone celebrated Mother’s day on May 10 and paid tribute to their real-life superhero moms.
Angeline Jolie who lost her mother from cancer in 2007 shared a heartfelt message for her late mom.
The 44-year-old actress wrote: “I lost my mother in my thirties. When I look back to that time, I can see how much her death changed me. It was not sudden, but so much shifted inside. Losing a mother’s love and warm, soft embrace is like having someone rip away a protective blanket.”
Angelina admitted her father’s extramarital affair changed her mother’s life but she still continued raising her two children. “When my father had an affair, it changed her life. It set her dream of family life ablaze. But she still loved being a mother,” she wrote.
“Her dreams of being an actor faded as she found herself, at the age of 26, raising two children with a famous ex who would cast a long shadow on her life. After she died, I found a video of her acting in a short film. She was good. It was all possible for her.”
After a few years of her mother’s demise, Angeline inked herself with the letter ‘W’ on her right hand which was a sign of the Rolling Stones song “Winter” her mother used to sing for her as a baby.
“As the ‘W’ faded on my hand, so did that feeling of home and protection,” she wrote. “Life has taken many turns. I’ve had my own loss and seen my life take a different direction. And it hurt more than I imagined it ever would.”
The Maleficent actress revealed she never thought she would be a mother of any saying “I was not a very stable youth. In fact, I never thought I could be anyone’s mom. I remember the decision to become a parent. It wasn’t hard to love. It wasn’t hard to dedicate myself to someone and something greater than my life.”
She said she feels great that her children don’t want her to be perfect and love you the way you are. “It is a lovely thing to discover that your children don’t want you perfect.
They just want you honest. And doing your best,” she explained. “In fact, the more room they have to be great where you are weak, the stronger they may become. They love you. They want to help you.”
Angelina also talked about refugee mothers whom she met saying she believes all the mothers are strongest as they do all the possible things to protect their child.
She added: “This Mother’s Day, I think of refugee mothers I have met, living in poverty and displacement.
Every one began her journey of motherhood with a promise to do all she could to protect her child. To lay down her life if necessary and if she is defeated and silenced, few things are more tragic. Through refugees, I’ve come to believe that a mother is the strongest person on earth.
The softness of her skin is deceptive. She is a force driven by love and loyalty. There is no one who solves more problems.”
“When she has only love to give, it pours from her soul. When a mother comes to you for help and you do not provide it, she may weep. But she will never give up. When you deny her child safety and shelter, she may seek it in a hostile land where her body is vulnerable to abuse. Her heart will be sick with loss. But she will fight on for her child. Because she is a mother.”
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