The Mother I had to Become
A daughter's wound. A mother's awakening. A woman's becoming.
In this raw and intimate memoir, Maryna Naud traces the quiet ache of growing up without the mother she needed - and the fierce, tender journey of becoming that mother for herself and her sons.
From the smell of coconut cream in a silent childhood kitchen to the day she finally felt safe in her own skin, Maryna unravels the generational patterns that shaped her, the abandonment that marked her, and the strength it took to rewrite her lineage.
The Mother I Had to Become is not a story of blame. It is a story of reclamation - of choosing softness after survival, of raising children with the love she had to learn alone, and of stepping into womanhood without permission, apology, or fear.
For anyone who has carried the mother wound, longed for a tenderness they never received, or fought to become the parent they needed, this memoir offers recognition, resonance, and the reminder that healing is not a moment - it is a becoming.
This is the story of the girl who raised herself. And the woman she finally allowed herself to be.
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