Motherhood | I Heart Faces Photo Challenge

I have always known that my mother loves me. She shows me in little ways every day, even now that all of her children are grown and living their own lives. But before my son came into my life, I had no idea how deep and unwavering a mother's love for her child could be. When I took this picture at my older brother's graduation from Boot Camp, I couldn't help feeling a twinge of what my mother almost certainly felt: Pride, fear, and adoration, all rolled into one embrace.