Infrangible Bond
Nothing fractures the bond between a mother and her child.
The bond between a mother and her child is indestructible, a force like no other. A mother's goal in life is to nurture, guide, and give to her children what she did not have so that her children will live long and happy lives. And we know this because Mother Nature offers us delicious and healthy food, refreshing water, and trees that purify our air to breathe. That is why mothers spend countless hours preparing the delicious and healthy food we eat at home after long enduring days of school. Or the refreshing drinks she prepares for us after pretending to be famed adventurers in the Congos, on a hot summer day. Or how she spends hours disinfecting the bathroom floor to prevent fungus from growing so we have a clean lung. It is no mystery as to why a mother will go out of her way to do everything possible to make sure that we are back home safely at the end of the day, for the same reason that Momma Bear will go berserk on anyone imposing a threat to her cubs. But when the sun sets and the moon arise did she ever hear a thank you? Did she ever hear a thank you for waking up at six am to make sure there was lunch for us for school? Because to us it was all routine and expected and taken for granted. But as time passed, we grew and we learned that being a mother isn't as easy as it was expected like how you were there for us when we were feeling down but we never really knew if you were feeling upset about something. All our life you've been teaching us to do good and to bring kindness to others. And I know I will be beyond devastated and it hurts to think such thoughts and can only wish to prevent the day you leave this Earth. Because you are the greatest mother that can ever exist and I cannot express how thankful I am. For ages, you've told us that we don't keep secrets in this family and thus I have failed you for I have kept several secrets but I fear what your reaction to them will be, but now is the time. Since my earliest memory, I have always felt that I have been more feminine than most boys. Naturally, I have also felt gravitated toward female-targeted toys such as the Peppa Pig doll house I asked for Christmas a long time ago, or the pink Nintendo switch case that I wanted to buy with my birthday money. Perhaps my biggest confession is that I have secretly been buying skirts and women's clothing. My only request is that you take this well and I hope that you can support me, if you have yet to put the links together, yes, I am indeed transgender and there's nothing more I want than for you to see me like you my sister, to call her over whenever you find a cute purse, or how you always pick out the feminine accessories for her, but I shall not let that bring me down because I know that at the end of the day you still care for me equally as much as you do for her. I feel it is necessary to explain that behind your back I have been living a double life and even though you hate secrets I chose to keep them for years. There's nothing more that I would like to say than after everything you've done for me if you can if I can ask for you to address me as Isabelle and to accept me as your youngest daughter and after everything you've done for us, I hope you can continue loving me as you do now because the bond between the mother and her child is unbreakable. I love you with all my heart, you are the best mother one can ask for.
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