Mother's Day, 2026
My dearest Maman,
There's no gift in any shop that could ever match what you are to me, so this year I made you something instead — a little world, built by hand, the way you built a life for us.
You are the strongest, most capable woman I know. I've watched you walk into rooms and make them yours, build success out of sheer will, and still come home and be the softest, warmest place in the world. Fierce out there. Gentle with me. I don't know how you carry both, but you do, every single day.
Every photo in here is a place you took me — Turkey, South Africa, India, home. But really, everywhere good in my life has your fingerprints on it. You spoil me, you believe in me, and you never once let me feel small.
Thank you for every sacrifice I saw, and the thousand more I never did. Being your son is the proudest thing about me.
I love you, always —
your son 🌷