Brittany Packnett Instagram – feeling so many feelings this Mother’s Day. feeling grateful for all the mothers in me and the one who raised me with boundless grace and Godly intention. feeling blessed so abundantly that motherhood, a dream I always dreamt I could merge with all my other dreams, found me after loss and fear, right on time. feeling in awe of the defiantly bold little boy that made me a mama 2 years and some change ago—a defiance that I celebrate because it leads him daily to defy every odd placed on him through the circumstances of his birth. feeling grief for all those for whom Mother’s Day holds pain, worry, sadness, FOMO or unanswered questions. feeling love for each of them as I hold them in my heart. feeling incensed on behalf of mothers and children separated temporarily or permanently by weapons of oppression here and everywhere. for the mama’s incarcerated and the mama refugees. for the mama’s who’ve pulled their children from rubble and the children who have done the same. feeling rage for mothers in Palestine, the Sudan, the Congo, Haiti and all the mothers who, as we do, stopped at nothing to protect their offspring only for man’s evil to force death and destruction despite her best, most sacrificial attempts. feeling confused for those Black folks who want to become mothers but are rejected by medical apartheid that renders their bodies uninhabitable and their lives worthless through no fault of their own. feeling strong enough to hold on for my baby, our babies, my mother and all the mothers—because all the mothers in me did the same, such that I might live. This Mother’s Day, let’s show up for mamas and their babies. Please support: @nationalbailout #FreeBlackMamas @thepcrf eyesonsudan.net/donate @meweinternational @haitianbridge