To EVERY parent that's had a child taken from them, I'm so, so sorry for your loss--for the sleepless nights, for the pain that will never go away and especially sorry for those who lost their babies at the hands of murderers with no resolve, no answers, no closure. I'm sorry. My uncle and auntie lost their baby this way. My MIL lost one of her sons this way over 20 years ago. No answers. No closure. No justice. She thinks about her baby EVERYDAY.
To every family member (siblings, cousins, uncles and aunts, grandparents and the like) and friends that feel the pain from that loss, my heart aches and hurts for you, deeply. No matter how old the person was they will always be their parents' baby. Their MOMMY'S BABY! Their DADDY'S BABY!
I never thought that my hometown would be riddled with so much loss of life, particularly that of young black males. When I tell you, NO ONE cares about a BLACK MOTHER'S pain, it's evident. For if we cared surely this harmful cycle would stop, right?
Seeing the billboards of the lives lost in Waynesboro, it's chilling y'all. CHILLING! This is just in WAYNESBORO. Just imagine allllllll across the nation what that imagery looks like. IMAGINE IT!!! I live in Jackson and it's 10x worse. At one point they were airing commercials of the victim's mothers (ALL BLACK MOTHERS) speaking about the loss of their child, MOSTLY BLACK MALES. Some cried talking about missing their babies. Some even acknowledged that their child had not made the best decisions, BUT THAT WAS STILL THEIR BABY. Makes me cry as I type this. Every day for a month, they would air at least 5 different commercials. So many lives y'all. So many. Young people with so much life ahead them, gone.
I don't even have children, and I can FEEL a mother's pain. I simply have a heart, and it bleeds for my people. It's saddening, it's depressing, and it has to STOP. It's TOO MANY BLACK BOYS AND MEN DYING and we are not doing enough to change that narrative.
To you parents, particularly to the mommies as Mother's Day is near, I pray that THE HIGHEST God continues to hold you close to his heart and comforts you. I pray that your heart finds peace and joy in spite of such unimaginable loss. I pray that you get the answers and closure you deserve. I see you. ❤
Words By
Tonya Gray
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