Essence Mother's Day Magazine

ESSENCE May 2022 S5 . Y3

Mother’s Day It’s that time of year to celebrate and cater to the women who are put on this earth to bare mother hood and who have succeeded in doing such a hard, but fantastic job.

CELEBRATING

TANGELA LET’S GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON HOW THIS WOMAN HAS MADE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL IMPACT ON ONE OF HER DAUGHTER’S LIVES!

Phenomenally Woman!

a Phenomenal

One Young Lady Expresses Her Love For Her Wonderful Mother!

I walk into a room just as cool as you please, and to a man, the fellows stand or fall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me, a hive of honey bees.

I say, It’s the fire in my eyes, and the flash of my teeth, other’s Day is in the air! Here’s how The swing in my waist, and the joy in my feet.

I’m a woman Phenomenally. one young lady share what her mother Phenomenal woman, means to her and how much she adore That’s me. her!

Men themselves have wondered, what they see in me. They try so much, but they can’t touch my inner mystery. When I try to show them, they say they still can’t see.

I say, It’s in the arch of my back, the sun of my smile, When I think about my mom, all the good the ride of my breasts, the grace of my style. times come to my mind. Sometimes a few I’m a woman Phenomenally. bad times come to mind, but I laugh them off Phenomenal woman, thinking about how nothing that we ever went That’s me. through could break our bond. I’m Katelyn, Now you understand just why my head’s not I’m the third child and I think of my mom as a bowed.

Phenomenal Woman. When I first heard of the poem, “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou, I don’t shout or jump about, or have to talk real loud. When you see me passing, it ought to make I had to be in elementary school. Listening to it you proud. then I knew it was written on confidence, but I I say, was young I didn’t understand it. I’m in college It’s in the click of my heels, the bend of my hair, now, and I came across it again, but not just the written version. I saw a video on YouTube of the palm of my hand, the need for my care.

Maya Angelou reciting the poem, and all I could ’Cause I’m a woman Phenomenally. think about was my mom.

Phenomenal woman, “Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

That’s me.”

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s That is all of her, my mom she’s very size, but when I start to tell them, they think I’m telling intimmidating, but in a way you want to back away, but you can’t because you want to get lies.

I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, the span of my to know who she is. It’s very inspiring and hips, the stride of my step, the curl of my lips. I’m empowering to have a woman like that in your life, I wouldn’t be able to imagine life without my a woman Phenomenally. mom. I’m pretty sure no one could, because who Phenomenal woman, wouldn’t want Tangela in their life!

That’s me.

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Dear mom, I love and adore you and some people may not know what that truly means at all, but you mean so much to me, and what I expect from myself I get it from you.

You are truly a strong person and I appreciate what you have done for me over the years. happy Mother’s Day !

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like looking at my mom’s younger pictures because she is just naturally beautiful and intersting. I always looked at my mom as her own woman, meaning she can hold her own, confident in every aspect, strong, comforting, and so much more, but never as just a regular person, and I think that’s where both mothers and children mess up at. So I look at them because she looks free and happy. Not saying she’s not happy when she’s around us, but it’s refreshing looking back at her younger self and going, “ Look at my mom, enjoying life without a care in the world.”

Working at the zoo has changed my perspective about one little picture. It’s all about siezing the moment most of the time, and that’s why I appreciate my mom’s photos because they’re not digital. They’re in real time and all of them have a story behind them. My mom, she’s a novel. She’s been through a lot in life and still has been able to persever, and you know why she think she does. She always say, “It’s because of my kids”, and why that may be true, but it’s her will and her strngth that pushed her. Yes, we may have been her motivation, but all the hard work, it paid off because of what stemmed from inside of her allowing her to bloom. We all live for each other.

Times may get hard, but what makes them easier is that we will forever and always have eachother!

We are who we are because of our mom, and I’m happy that God placed us with her. She’s the greatest gift, and we are her greates gifts. Happy Mother’s Day to you!

Happy Mother’s Day to you. The most wonderful, loving, caring person in the entire world. Fro,m your Special K<3!

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