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A Mother's Day Tribute. My Mama Is Always Still In The Corner Too.

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A Mother's Day Tribute To My Mom - 2026



I just wrote about the conscious choice I am making to let my children see me navigate the hard seasons of life, rather than shielding them from every difficulty. I wrote about how my own parents protected me so fiercely growing up that I entered adulthood without a blueprint for how to survive when the world inevitably breaks.


But with Mother's Day approaching tomorrow, I find myself reflecting on the other side of that coin. Because while my mother's instinct to shield me may have left me with some things to learn the hard way, it was born from a love so profound and absolute that it remains the foundation of my life today.



When I was a child, my mother was my shield. She curated a world for me that was safe, warm, and untouched by the heavy burdens of adult problems. She gave me the gift of a true childhood.


But the most remarkable thing about my mother isn't just how she protected me when I was small. It is who she has become to me now that I am grown.


In adulthood, you quickly learn that life is not always fair, and people are not always loyal. You learn that when things get complicated, messy, or heavy, many people will quietly step back. They are there for the easy seasons, but they fade away when the sky turns dark.


I tell my children to look for the people who stay. I tell them to find the ones who don't run away from the hard things, but who run into the storm with you.



My mother is the ultimate storm-runner.


Without fail, without hesitation, and without judgment, she runs into the storm with me. (My dad does, too, but today is her day.) When I have found myself in seasons so dark and exhausting that I could not carry myself, she has carried me. She has sat with me in the mess. She has offered her quiet, unshakeable presence when there were no easy solutions to be found.


She didn't just teach me what love looks like when the sun is shining. In my adulthood, she has taught me what love looks like when the lights go out.


To be a mother is to constantly evolve. You start by being your child's entire world, their protector, their shield. But if you are very lucky, and if you love them very well, you eventually become something even better: their safest place to land in a world that is no longer shielded.


I am still learning how to navigate the hard parts of life. I am still learning how to rebuild, how to set boundaries, and how to survive ungracefully. But I am able to do those things because I know, with absolute certainty, that no matter how old I get, my mother is always still in the corner, just in case I need her.


Happy Mother's Day to the woman who gave me a beautiful childhood, and who continues to give me the courage to face my adulthood. Thank you for always running into the storm.



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Judith L. Hampton

Attorney at Law

Hampton Law Firm, LLC

 
 
 

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