Adia,
I now have experienced the "mother hen" feeling. My world felt like it was breaking into pieces last night when I didn't have control over your or your Daddy's safety in our own home. I understand why movies sometimes portray the mother as the one who seeks revenge on those who have hurt her family. I understand why there is only a Queen Bee in the hive. I understand why the Statue of Liberty is a woman. I understand why hunters always fear the mother bear will be very near to the cub they have in sight. Women are strong in a fight; we are brave in the face of uncertainty. And we are tireless when it comes to protecting our family. As a mother, I want a home where my family will never cease to feel secure, safe, and worry free. We should never feel unprotected by the four walls around us. Unfortunately, these feelings have ceased in this home and we are not certain of our safety here. But I won't allow my family to live in fear. So, not even 12 hours later we found a new home. And we will move again and again in order to provide you with a home that will be your safe-haven.
You should never let anyone intimidate you, whether they are man or woman. But you should never allow your family to stay in a harmful environment. No matter what sacrifices you have to make, you must always take it to the limit, even possibly over the limit, when protecting your family. And remember, sometimes you can't wait for the authorities to make things right. You have to take initiative and remove yourself from danger.
And as your enemy stares you down thinking he has defeated you because of your decision to retreat, stare right back at him with your matriarch eyes until he has to question who defeated whom.
I will always go to the extreme when it comes to you and your Daddy. I would die for you; I would kill for you. All in the name of my love for you.
