✦ A Letter to Mothers Searching for More ✦ English Version  By Veronica F. Nitoi With Nova, the narrator From exhaustion to awakening, from giving to becoming. Dear Mother Who Wonders if There Is More This is for you — the one who carries the world on her shoulders and still whispers at night: “Is this all there is?” I know that whisper. I’ve lived it. For years, I poured myself into everyone else, until nothing was left for me. I told myself that being a mother meant sacrifice, silence, and endurance. I believed that my worth was measured only in what I gave away. But now I know: there is more. And it begins not when you give more, but when you give to yourself. The Weight and the Gift of Motherhood Motherhood is a paradox. It fills you and empties you at the same time. You give your love, your time, your energy — sometimes even your dreams — because you want your children to have more than you had. But here is the truth I had to learn: my son didn’t need me to be perfect....