Madison Dobrzenski

UWRT 2310-001
Due: September 14, 2017
First Lines Pen On Fire

Title: When my Mother Says I Deserve Better

When my mother says I deserve better, I listen.
When my mother says my voice matters, I speak.
When my mother says I am beautiful, I look in the mirror.
When my mother says I am going places, I walk out the door.
When my mother says I deserve better, I dont take any shit.
My mother has flaws, but she has taught me one thing: I deserve better.
I deserve to be loved.
I deserve to be adored.
I deserve to be spoiled.
I deserve to be admired.
I deserve love.
When my mother says I deserve better, she says it because its true.
When my mother says I deserve better, she means my significant other needs to love me more
than I love myself.
That shouldnt be easy.
I deserve to love myself.
I deserve to enjoy my own company.
I deserve to bask in my greatness, in the woman Ive become, and feel unashamed.
When my mother says I deserve better, she means that knowing that should make me a force to
be reckoned with.
When my mother says I deserve better, she is empowering me.
When my mother says I deserve better, I dont let just anyone love me.
When my mother says I deserve better, she isnt just talking about romance.
When my mother says I deserve better, she means I deserve better than to just be some trophy
wife.
When my mother says I deserve better, she means dont settle.
When my mother says I deserve better, she teaches me a life lesson I have passionately driven
toward ever since.
Self love is more important than anything.
My own happiness is more important than anything.
This isnt selfish.
I am the only person I will ever be in my life-I might as well be happy.
When my mother says I deserve better, it isnt selfish.
When my mother says I deserve better, it isnt playing hard-to-get.
When my mother says I deserve better, she is loving me and teaching me what I should
remember for the rest of my life.