A Mother’s Heart for Her Children

As children, we often misunderstand our parents’ love.

Their warnings sound like nagging.
Their discipline feels like a wall standing in the way of our freedom.
We wonder why they worry so much, why they seem to interfere with everything we do.

But as the years pass, certain memories return with new meaning.

One day, while running along with my younger brother, danger came from a place we could not see.
And in that split second, the hands I thought existed only to scold me wrapped around me and pulled me to safety.

At the time, I did not understand.

My mother was not standing in my way.
She was standing between me and danger.

She was not holding me back.
She was protecting me.

The rough hands, the constant warnings, the stern look that once seemed so frightening—all of them were expressions of a love I was too young to recognize.

No parent disciplines a child hoping that child will fail.

Even when children do not understand, even when they become upset, parents continue to guide, protect, and correct them because they want them to walk a better path.

This song is the confession of a child who finally understood that truth years later.

“The hands that once seemed to scold me were the very hands that saved me.”

It was the roughest love in the world.
And yet, it was also the warmest.

This song is dedicated to that unforgettable love.