In the lead-up to Mother’s Day, The Edge’s Meg Mansell shared something pretty special.
She wrote an emotional poem about becoming a mum herself, and how it changed the way she sees her own mum.
Meg and her husband Guy welcomed their little girl Daisy in 2021, and she announced her second pregnancy at the beginning of this year.
With a new member of the family on the way and Mother's Day this Sunday, it was the perfect time for Meg to reflect on motherhood, and we're grateful she shared it with us.
Warning, no one in the studio got through this with dry eyes. Check out the video below:
Read the full poem below:
Now That I'm Mum
I never actually knew
The sacrifices you made
Or the love that you have for me
Until I felt the same
I'm not sure I thanked you
For every sleepless night
You comforted me back to sleep
Swaying in soft light
How you gave up your body
And the way that it was before
All permanent changes that I caused
What you might see as a flaw
Did I ever say thank you
For your patience through every age
Childhood tantrums to slammed doors
You just rolled with every wave
The money and time you gave to me
Quietly saved up and spent
For classes, lessons and activities
I never understood what it meant
I now know you always came second
Or most likely last place
When it came to your family
Your needs took up less space
Because now that I’m a Mum,
I see things differently
I know that your heart lived out of your chest
The moment that you met me
I know because I feel it too
With children of my own
The love surpasses everything
The greatest I’ve ever known
Her sleepless nights aren't selfish
When she calls me, I will come
Because I know her need for me is real
Just like I’ll always need my Mum
Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible mums and mother figures out there, past, present, and soon-to-be.
