Bessie Griffin - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

[@singhispraises7311]

My Mum used to sing this song when I was young, and now that she is gone, it brings back memories 😢😢😢

[@olivest509]

I had a mother, but I didn't have a mother. She was there physically, but was completely shut off from me emotionally, practically, and there was no sense of love, ever. I've felt like this all my life. This song makes me weep.

[@kerenkares6109]

Great grandmother didn't raise grandma...grandma didn't raise momma...momma didn't raise me...I didn't raise mine...mental illness/depression/alcohol addiction =DYSFUNCTIONAL family...truly motherless children 😪😪

[@olivest509]

@@kerenkares6109 my mother's mother was treated like Cinderella by her mother, my great grandmother. Made to do all the cleaning of the house, slept on a mat in the cold basement, ate alone, didn't join in family outings, etc. I didn't know my grandmother very well, but I suspect her childhood warped her and made her abusive to my mother, and my mother continued the cycle down to me and my sisters. My mother clearly has mental illness, severe anxiety and some kind of paranoid delusion disorder that she firmly believes is reality no matter what anybody might tell her. With that kind of family history sometimes I wonder if I can ever recover, but I have to. I want a family, but I won't do to them what she did to me.

[@Meesha-MiCheLeLoved1]

For your pain so I Am sorry. But God.... He is I AM ALL YOU NEED

[@olivest509]

@Sherlock Holmes the best solution to this problem was to cut off all contact with her and move across the country to get away from her. Not all abusers can change and she certainly had no intention of changing. Your solution is to keep me in abuse. That is not acceptable to me. With a normal mother, that might work, but she is not a normal mother. The best thing I ever did for myself was to give up trying to win her love.

[@olivest509]

@Sherlock Holmes and I understand that you meant to help, but not all mothers love their children. Not all mothers are capable of feeling love. My mother is a deeply and permanently damaged person with no capability to love anybody or anything. If nothing had changed in the 70+ years she has been alive, I feel confident in saying that it is impossible for me to win her love. And that is not because I am unlovable, it is because she has no love to give. She cannot feel love. I feel sorry for her because of this. She has missed out on one of the greatest mysteries and beautiful joys of the human experience. She was warped before she could even fight back against her own abusers. But the fact remains that her heart is unreachable by any mortal human and to keep myself in her power would not help her and it would hurt me very much. Only God can reach her, it is not my responsibility and it is not possible for me. If I thought for a minute that it was, I would never have left.

[@erlineandrews]

So moving. Why don't people sing like this anymore? It seems people no longer want to be moved by music. They see it as something to distract you from reality rather than something that makes you think about and accept reality.

[@giondolos]

Exactly...

[@wayfaringshaman]

The drugs have gotten duller, too!

[@philippa5004]

They do! 🌟💚❤️🕊

[@DreamyElvis]

Veru similar to this. It's my favorite song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvCcpaNZr53bNk

[@tessagodsAsset3N21]

Facts. I still sing this way. To me, music is my way to minister not only to me but others.

[@gerigardley6176]

My mother recorded this song in the 60’s during church. I listen to it when I really miss her

[@BloodbrotherAsh]

Is Bessie Griffin your mother?

[@southernhoodchick3643]

Michael C. Ashford I wanna know too , I would love to hear stories

[@silviafigueroa8813]

I feel you Once we loose our mothers We are a motherless child

[@gerigardley6176]

No Bessie Griffin was not my mother. The Baptize church in Chicago Antioch missionary Baptist Church , had a radio show and everything was recorded onto LP”s . Rev Daniel sermons and choirs where a favorite in Chicago and Indiana.

[@gerigardley6176]

Btw Dennis I’m 59 just FYI and my mom recorded this song 1964 , I was 3-4 depending on the month

[@justis00]

I first heard this song after my mom passed away then learned that it was an old spiritual written by slaves about the seperation of families. One of the most hearfelt songs ever.

[@williammelvin]

One of the most powerfully controlled vocal performances ive ever heard. Bravo.

[@erlineandrews]

I love the controlled way she sings, the way she slowly releases the power in her voice. One of my favorite vocal performances.

[@demingawilliams6471]

I have been singing this song since I was a little girl. My granny knew I felt it and loved that my heart was in it when I sung it! Now I realize my mother did not know how to be a mother and that taught me to be super mom! Thanks mom!

[@vaeyaxzaveriastarnovae3744]

Deminga Williams me too... My mother is a piece of work, now I know why I was loving this so much

[@Ricaz101]

I can totally relate!

[@lessismore1473]

In this song, I remember the pain of my childhood. I remember the day my mother beat me like I was her enemy. I remember the day I got a black eye. I remember when I ran away from her at home and hid. My knees would turn blue. Sometimes I'd hide my crying and go to school. She never recognized me. She never hugged me from the inside. She never knew my troubles. I've always woken up from my sleep saying dad. My mother never believed it when I got sick. My father would have waited with me at night when I was sick. My mother used to sleep. This song reminds me of the days my mother didn't remember, that I couldn't forget.

[@alisonpurgatory85]

I am so sorry you were treated with such cruelty. You never deserved that. I hope you have better people in your life now

[@harrietyarmill2873]

Yes, you were a motherless child. Your mother sounds like she was very troubled. Not your fault! My heart goes out to you. It’s behind you now and you will never have to go back to that place in your life. Courage to you, my friend.

[@katjones5187]

Sending you peace and virtual hugs from Atlantic, GA❤

[@requiem8786]

u didn't deserve that, I hope u are in a better place now

[@Jazzzara]

With pain…just like rain, the rainbow will seep over and shine bright while the ground clears up and the green on the trees will brighten. With love, I’m saddened that you endured so much pain from someone with blind eyes and wide hands. You deserve love, and wide eyes with curious thoughts and hands softer than the clouds that give you touch of heaven. 🩷

[@ECevescloset]

This song is about the African American experience being striped of a mother tongue, a motherland though slavery and racism. It is an expression of the African experience in America. But like all great songs it speaks to different human experiences. " a long way from home".

[@chaseshort7331]

We have to go back I don't feel safe here

[@vevelove5959]

Chase Short are you back yet

[@hollywoodjaded]

She’s singing to any abandoned soul in search of solace and grace.

[@tigerbug]

I'm white and I'll sing this song at my all white Highschool in march. Knowledge is power and I hope I'll do right by all African Americans :)

[@dynastydynasty4690]

I strongly feel like acs and foster care system is today's modern version of slave masters stripping brown kids from they family

[@lousialb8962]

To everyone who was born and forsaken. Especially to those who know the torment of living with a loveless mother. May you find peace and solace in this life. There is love in you, else you'd never have recognized its absence. Offering you a warm virtual embrace whenever you need it. You are not alone.

[@teffanygrimmer3088]

Wow the best version! My mom passed and now I’m passing with her same kidney disease. I was feeling alone and I started singing this song and looked it up. She is amazing! Thanks for posting

[@razzmatazzjones7747]

🤲

[@TruthandReason101]

💞💐💞💐💞

[@HaileMecael]

Bless you kid

[@HisArcher_555]

Surely You shall LIVE!!!! If it your will…? May the PEASE OF GOD OVERTAKE YOU. In Jesus name🤍🕊️🏹

[@kenettamarie949]

This song speaks volumes. For me, it reflects the broken heart of a former foster child who found no mother who would love me. But the word says that though my mother and my father forsake me, God would take me up. Even though I am a mother now, there is a part of me that still longed for a mother.

[@stephaniedegange2737]

May God bless and be with you when you long for a mother. Remember that other people in this old world love you, too.

[@dssh911]

Unbelievable! Incomparable to anything I have ever heard or experienced. What a voice, what emotion, what power. Chilling, haunting, indescribable. She certainly deserves to be better known than she is.

[@illusorymist372]

This

[@paladinkraus]

This isn't about my mom, it describes my relationship with God at times. Not always, but sometimes, I feel so abandoned & casted out in this world without guidance. This song helps me vent in a respectful way.

[@EveofPyrite]

You aren't abandoned you are loved

[@blauauge2]

today i`ve heard her voice for the first time. i`m very impressed. after the first notes i´ve never expected such deep and full lower register.

[@manseungkim415]

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[@AccordingtoZorn]

blauauge2 I admit that I'm very impressed also compared to Paul Roberson's version.

[@PatriciaLopez-nr5nf]

Timeless song sung by a beautiful and uniquely soulful voice.

[@zomzilove]

no words for the beauty & tone of her voice. just AMAzing✨

[@sweetnbitter83]

What a song! Her voice makes me cry every time

[@FranklinPUroda]

Wow. Beautiful voice singing a beautiful song. Her phrasing is-literally-breathtaking. I feel cheated that I haven't heard her before.

[@Ebony_daughterofjudah]

My mother passed almost a month ago. She didn’t raise me and was not a part of my life in any real way, and because of her absence I convinced myself that I had all I needed and that I didn’t need her. Today at 41 years old I cried, because for the first time ever I am feeling the pain of her absence. And I am realizing for the first time that I do need her, and that I always did💔

[@pinkkhearts]

im sorry 😢

[@SimplyAdiva]

I can relate. My bio mom didn't raise me. I did so much for her when we connected in my 30s. She was so toxic and mean towards me.

[@1949Jens]

This very Old and beautiful song could be a song for this Planet..the Earth ..the very HOME of all of us

[@veroneseharris6801]

Just effortless power and clarity in her voice. This is my lament when I'm feeling lost in the world, lost on my way to "being", mourning my mother. It is my shower song, my connection to my ancestors that didn't/couldn't choose the sea. These aren't tears...they are salty prayers to my Devine.

[@cetossa]

So so sorry sista! We love you... ❤️🌍

[@sweetnbitter83]

Honey, you are so right. I’ve been trying to make this version more heard and seen by people.

[@PrincessYiarci]

couldn't couldn't said it any better!!!!

[@princerupert6161]

It doesn't matter your age. It's an emotional state of being. ❤️

[@evereen35]

I feel this way because although I have a mother and love her dearly I'm treated like a wishing well only needed when there's a need. only when strife arises and I stand up for her or the cause but any other time I'm forgotten and left behind. I'm in college I'm on the deans list, I'm independent and living according to my faith in Christ but it's never enough. the Lord is all I have to hold on to.

[@purpVr-d5x]

your not alone. I pray that you find peace.

[@gregorywatson5447]

+Erica Vereen i feel for you I also have a mother I love dearly but i feel she doesn't love me she just likes my familiarity sometime.

[@thecoldglassofwatershow]

+Erica Vereen It's possible she could be a narcissist. Google it, it may help you tremendously.

[@bettabelieveit34]

The cold glass of water show what does that narcissist word mean please could you please break it down for me thank you and god bless

[@labrandonmarshall2404]

have you ever express how you feel to her?

[@adilsoncamacho6378]

I have lost my mother this year Suzana Medina Rest In Peace 👑

[@paulkenneally789]

God bless you and your family mate. Rgds from England

[@stephre4694]

My sorrow is double listening that song. For me it's not just motherless but also fatherless. It's hard when you can't feel like you can rely on either of your roots

[@madaambers9414]

i am trying to learn this song and just heard this arrangement from bessie... POWERFUL

[@sherrygaylethornton2103]

Girl you have picked a challenge soooooo great but I know you give it heart like her and you WILL DO HER JUSTICE!! SING IT CHILD!!!!

[@tkyosmith]

Wow! what a beautiful voice, the song comes from her heart and I can feel it!!! Absolutely wonderful.

[@songbirdsteph]

Bessie oh bessie you really left your mark on music! Pure perfection 🙌

[@__r_e_i_c_h__]

what a powerful voice! OMG

[@kathysenn7664]

"sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone....true believer....way up in the heavenly land"-this song, the first words, came to mind when I woke up yesterday morning...thruout the day, they replayed, feeling like a soothing balm

[@mammabearjo5483]

My mother went to heaven on April 2021. This song is how I feel

[@kamikahz1]

Ghostface brought me here. I'm a big hip hop fan and I really appreciate the fact that it has exposed me to so many artists that were before my time. This song is just... inexplicably powerful. What a voice.

[@virgostan8898]

This is what black pain sounds like; it's haunting, horrifying, yet beautiful. The pain exhibited in this woman's voice still fester in our communities in present day. In the 60's, it was a slow-haunting-melody full of humility and hope, but if that pain is ignored, it might transition to an unapologetic roar that will meet everyone at their front door.

[@elizabethwyman807]

Yes, it has.

[@kingofoblivion1822]

Not just black pain, stop with that. All races of people feel the same amount of pain as all others

[@PrincessYiarci]

​@@kingofoblivion1822 lies you tell.

[@paulde-logan9444]

@@kingofoblivion1822 this guy is right pain is pain what's race have to do with this.

[@kingofoblivion1822]

He’s the one that says this is black pain. All races have extreme pain, not just black but for some reason we are supposed to feel sorry for only one race

[@bettypugh9027]

This speaks to my heart and soul.

[@SSiena18]

What a stunning version of this song. Heart-wrenching.

[@jewelmathews1444]

This is 1 of the best versions of this song. Speaks to wvery human heart that has suffered, regardless of color. Music transcends all barriers, it is a gift.

[@sweetnbitter83]

Why this song doesn’t have MILLIONS of views boggles my imagination!!!! I said it a long time ago here, I’ll say again, this song moves me so much I cry. Makes no difference if you’re black, white, maroon, or Methodist, this song reaches further than merely race or religion. Why don’t people know this version more???

[@edwardwilliammorris1340]

This song is so powerful. My own mother tried to drown me as a child and was a completely loveless greedy nasty person . Spent my whole life adrift with no way home because of her . Don't wait to be loved before you can give love ♥️

[@alistairville9303]

I know this is really an Odetta song, but Bessie Griffin is one of the true greats. I love her performances. I wish I could have seen/heard her live.

[@wetheunhoused5218]

Older than Odetta. From the slaves

[@destinyraine5452]

I'm a 42 year old woman who has a living mother who could really care less about me. I call or text her telling her i need to talk to her, but she'll either contact 3/4 days later or not at all. I had a father who committed suicide when I was 15 yrs old. I'm so misunderstood and tired of the hurt and pain. This song comforts me.

[@helloyall7276]

You will be alright, my Mom dies last year. She didn't love me not one bite but I tried my best to get her to love me. My siblings had her funderal on my birthday.

[@lisawright4574]

Wow Destiny, I wish it I could give you a hug right now. I will pray for you and your Mother.

[@ramonaandrei6396]

You know..the pain is real.. but do not despair! We have a great Father better then the best mother. God. Jesus Christ. He is full of love and pure guidance and help. He is innocent but all powerful. All kind of people try to make Him look all wrong, and yet, He died instead of you and wants to give you a new new new life and an eternal one also! I'm so glad I met Him. Love will prevail! Pure love, unaltered by sin will prevail!

[@ShawnPlusOne]

Absolutely beautifully performed it's such a stunner of a song. I'm emotional listening to her you can imagine what a child went thru..

[@terrirobinson2651]

I feel like crying. But it's beautiful.

[@Superlemons]

This has been a song in a my soul my entire life my mom hated me since the day I was born.. And this is my first time really hearing it. It’s a cool vibe.

[@DressYourHorse]

I have always loved this song from the time I was introduced to it long ago in highschool for a choir performance. This rendition is marvelous. Thank you.

[@kennedyhall1090]

Heidi Rucki rendition? This is the original version

[@sadgirltears444]

euphoria introduced me to this heavenly song

[@tradewindzjamaica6799]

This song is so depressing. I absolutely love it!

[@xferme]

Who would downvote this gem?

[@unfixablegop]

Some motherless jerks.

[@nickdellow6073]

Those who either haven't suffered loss....or who have but don't have the strength to deal with the deep emotion elicited by this beautifully poignant song

[@loveybone6952]

play this at my funeral

[@ibrahima9274]

Lord Linco lol

[@ashervasher6787]

Lord Linco At mine too. I'm no bodies child in reggae is awesome by Max Romeo

[@varoujan_visions_official]

Just checking in to make sure you still alive bro cuz on God I was gone hold you down 😂😂

[@peppalabaja]

WOW... What an amazing voice! I've never heard of Bessie Griffin but I'll be looking for her work! Thanks!

[@carrieestill1180]

Thank you for helping me with my burden. Such a voice!

[@ustwoalberts]

goodness me --how could have missed this wonderful vocalist -

[@littwin0199]

Sometimes i feel like a motherless child Sometimes i feel like a motherless child Sometimes i feel like a motherless child A long way from home A long way from home Sometimes i feel like im almost gone Sometimes i feel like im almost gone Sometimes i feel like im almost gone Tho In heaven and way up in thy heaven Thy In heaven and way up in thy heaven Thy In heaven and way up in thy heaven A long way from home A long way from home

[@fidelis091153]

I love this song and Bessie Griffin, beautiful voice.

[@Hoop4LifeCCJ]

when I was little I didn't understand why women in church would sometimes moan or wail and every week cry. I did not understand the depths of despair that life might offer. now at 57 years of age I feel this song

[@classytrashy8141]

Spoken for every child who felt alone 2017

[@kevaige]

Deahra Shelton without a doubt. It’s sad I never knew if you were a grown 24 year old young woman that it was an age limit on trying to have a relationship with her well a grown up one with her at that basically what I’m trying to say is my grandmother had told my mom that she needs to have a talk with me. And her response was “ mama Kira is 24 she needs a life “ like wow really. I never knew it was an age limit on having a or trying to have a relationship with your mom.

[@vaeyaxzaveriastarnovae3744]

Deahra Shelton 2018...❤️😏😌😐

[@rapmantheoneman]

"Don't say the years, it's for eternity"-Q-tip (A Tribe Called Quest)

[@kaycross3176]

Everytime I hear this song, It brings tears to my eyes. Me and my mother don't have a good relationship and she is always telling me I should be from de womb to the tomb. (Only my pillow know my tears.)

[@moniquerodman339]

I know how u feel me n my mom relationship is horrible n I love her dearly but she's very mean unto me n have more negative things 2 say the M positive it breaks my heart cause after she keep poking i say things back outtakes hurt n it breaks me down

[@AphoticGoblin]

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[@sourpuss5951]

@@AphoticGoblin That same video led me to this song lol

[@celestialbeeing]

My grandmother died the beginning of this year. Due to my mother's neglect and I never got a chance to say goodbye. She was going to live with me this year also.. I'm so hurt inside ... I listen to this and cry to myself. My Nana was my heart and soul. A strange twist of fate allowed my wife to gift me a Son that looks like me and my grandmother. So I hold on because of him... If you love someone .. love them everyday and tell them

[@Donna-cc1kt]

As a latch key raised child I can identify. The modern era. Instead of working in the fields our mothers were in corporate America 10 hrs and day and came home all used up.

[@sheulinath7451]

What a voice!!!!! What an amazing, so absolutely beautiful voice! this is probably what is called heavenly voice..wonderful , and thank you so much for posting this song in Bessie Griffin's voice. You have made my day...the sadness in this song is so profound that one feels that sadness , the history of these spirituals are known to all, and today is Harriet Tubman's 103 death anniversary also. I heard this song before in Paul Robeson's voice, and his voice is wonderful, but Bessie Griffin moves one's core . Thank You!

[@marvahamilton2402]

I've always loved this song. I feel this way when I think about my mother loosing her mother at age 4. And not remembering what she looked like. As for me I lost my Mother in 2012 , now I know how she felt. 😢😢 Missing her always ❤❤

[@carolpisc9684]

Wow. Powerful and stirring. Thank you for sharing.

[@ShaunMurphyBand]

Always loved Bessie Griffin! First acquired an album in the late '60's....no one quite like her!!!!

[@SaraBegonia]

Her magnificent voice just wrapped me up in its arms and helped me cry for my mother. Thank you so much for posting this. I didn’t know Bessie Griffin, but now I’ll never forget her

[@adelamoscu4049]

Amazing singing of such a moving song! Thank you 🙏🏻♾🤍♥️🤗💃🎤🎼💎Adela-Adriana Moscu #RomanianBornAmericanArtist

[@hazeljoynersmith]

Gifted,powerful and beautiful.

[@johnrodgers5151]

I lost my mother years ago, sometimes now I feel lost as well.

[@patricija8862]

I am really sorry about that. May she rest in peace.

[@roystonmacadam3916]

A lump in my throat and eyes brimming and I'm 60 years young but no the hurt as raw as it was when my mother rejected me at the age of 6!!

[@dacwtw]

This was absoloutely beautiful!!!!! Gracefully done and totally had me hanging on to every word.

[@manoromesspower4873]

This was my first time listening this song. I love it.

[@timbolevium]

My favorite version. Rips my heart out.

[@HansBranderhorst]

VAN MORRISON!!!😎😎😎

[@MsRetta60]

There was a time when I myself off from my earthly mom and siblings because that was the best thing I could do for me. I had therapy for more than 6 years because that was how much pain was barried inside of me 🥲 I never thought I would be the one to come back and help her or protect her in her last days 🥲 She and my brothers still hurt me bad. I can’t take much more 🥲🥲🥲

[@zravena-1309]

İçimi dinlendiriyor Akıp gidiyor Sesinin rüzgarı

[@kalejut]

It makes my heart break so good💔

[@ViciousXBLNation]

good to see not alone god bless all of us who lost the warm care of a mother

[@nancyyarbrough1445]

I am a motherless daughter, whose mother died in 1980, when I was barely 20. The similarities are endless, whether you speak in spiritual terms or natural, it is still the same to those who will always mourn their loss. A physical mother or a motherland.

[@videoblossom]

Songs like this one are created from personal experience, but once they travel to listeners, their meaning is malleable. The song's meaning is determined by the listener.

[@sandmanssister]

This is how I feel right now. So much pain...

[@lindasmilesrfree6067]

Wow! From the depths of ones soul, to the gates of heaven. ❤

[@PHILOULOW]

One of saddest songs I ever heard ! Just beautiful ...

[@roseyedwards3140]

28.1.2023. I've been singing this lament for 50 years now... I've just come off an international conference call with fellows from the UN discussing the racial discrimination in the UK those of us of AfRaKan heritage are subjected to: institutionally, systemically and structurally. I just wanna be Home in Mama AfRaKa 😢

[@sharonprince6364]

There must b alot of mother's that treated their daughters like this. This was my experience. After countless yrs. On this earth, and still it makes me cry. Time to put this baggage down.

[@ttbaby1342]

I remember when Prince song it before he Died;;🙏🏾 rest in peace prince!🌹🙏🏾🕊️

[@MysticAuraIncensecom]

music which touches the soul absolutely gorgeous, you do not find singers of this quality anymore

[@danny2518]

Say it! Every child should have a mother!

[@NinaNicoleShelton]

I love this song

[@don1carter]

So glad I stumbled across this lady. Never heard of her before, but she gives a heart breaking and beautiful rendition. To all who love this, please check out how Mahalia Jackson blends "Motherless Child" and "Summertime." You'll be glad you did.

[@catherinehamel9629]

Chillingly beautiful and oh so sad....

[@cjspirit216]

This is beautiful, and also background vocals.

[@stephiepahlavizan1]

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long way from home, a long way from home Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done And a long, long way from home, a long way from home True believer True believer A long, long way from home A long, long way from home

[@LilyPoesia]

es una joya, voces, que no volveran a sonar mas asi en la historia de la humanidad,

[@RNWard1954]

Thanks for posting this. I've always loved this song. FINALLY heard it sung properly !!! Just beautiful. I always imagine it being sung like this. THANKYOU THANKYOU.

[@razorbackfilms]

I first heard this on Brother Prince Dixon’s gospel caravan on Kpfk. Ironically I saw him perform this live at St. Peter’s Rock MBC.

[@GreenThumbvideos]

Really wonderful

[@krystalmurphy8616]

I can relate to this song and what erica just said.. I get treated different.. and im soo tired of it..

[@bettabelieveit34]

Krystal Murphy I know how you feel my mother has four girls in all and I always was treated very Different I was like a Black sheep the outcast and now I'm 24 and she still does that to me I have two kids a boy he is about to be 7yrs old and a baby girl that just turned 1yrs old she doesn't buy my kids nothing no Birthday gifts nothing for Easter or Halloween but she will break her neck for my other sisters and they just use her and talk about her behind her back and when she need them and call on them there not even their she will call me only when she need money or hygiene products and food but don't lift up a finger to do it for me even my own flesh and blood sisters do me like that they tell people I love drama and to stay away from me because I sit up and start shit and I'm a troublemaker all on facebook but deep down inside I know who I am and I do know that there is a god and everybody will reap what they sow on the days of living this earth and will have to stand before that man up above and answer for everything they have said and done I'm learning to forgive them all but I cut all contact I don't have a facebook or anything like that and I just stay away from all of them and even when I see them in the store or somewhere I'll walk right pass them like it ain't shit to be honest they don't speak to me and I don't speak to them or call them I'm like a stranger to them they don't care shit about me unless they need help paying they light bill or their rent or to put food in their house and enough is enough no more pain no more tears everything in life is a lesson learn and remember if they will use you once they will do it again and when they get mad at you and start saying stuff to you and about you they felt that way all along anyways baby girl sorry for the long story but keep your head up you and Erica God loves us both you me & her just stay away from them and keep pushing family will treat you worser then a stranger on the street remember that god is with you wherever you go I love you like a sister and I know how it feels keep your head up :)

[@OutrageousMsFortune]

Krystal, it's like this. Have you ever come into the presence of someone nice and clean. It is then and then only that you realize that you don't smell too hot. I think the smell of your success, determination, self confidence and sense of self worth, makes her aware of her own stench. Instead of getting herself together, she'd rather be around hose that smell just herself. Hold your head high, you are already a winner . Jealousy IS crueler than the grave.

[@YahLotus]

Not all mothers are maternal. I lost my Mother last week. A cruel and awful mother. I forgave her years and years ago and had deep compassion and empathy for her. She didn’t have the resources or the mind that we have today, she suffered for many years and now she is free. It matters not the relationship you have/had with your mother, when she is no longer with you in this realm, it really does make a difference. I embark on this journey as a motherless child with gratitude and grace. May the ancestors receive my Mother with mercy and love. She did not have to be perfect to be loved🕊️❤️

[@russmulkey6613]

So soulful.

[@Kelleysmith402]

SUPERB! Absolutely beautiful.

[@jencarriol449]

What a beautiful song!

[@brigittevercez2918]

Quelle voix de contralto magnifique !!!