<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/ba24dfbd273274edd729a61052d8bee7/dsc_0806.jpg\" alt=\"On the right is my brother, he looks so peaceful while I was in pain.\" /><figcaption>On the right is my brother, he looks so peaceful while I was in pain.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/042d2113f1a5a058ca715f73be505107/dsc_0807_-_copy.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/8850d8cae41c3fcd8ad9f1019c686a9b/dsc_0808.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/a27a8dfb6427ec1518a7f278f9f2984a/dsc_0809.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/9e99c6532932a9eb3bbcf2d12bddc0ff/dsc_0812.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/21b63609afb18be3b1d890102fbf8407/dsc_0815.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/631829b21e9831cbe8aceb853451ca8b/dsc_0818.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/8a6c5901d99dbb557c05f00c13cb975d/dsc_0848.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src=\"https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/39316/84259/post_image_gallery/8627e3dbf28ea352eaea8f9db8a5f0f8/dsc_0837.jpg\" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>Dear Daughter,  When you grow up, I want you to remember this, because time will come, and you will become a mother too... The love of a mother is unconditional, true, and pure.    I am a mother.    I am strong.    I am powerful.    I am a woman of my own strength.

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