Because it taught me what peace actually is.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, and it is not the quiet you keep by never making trouble.

Peace is the courage to stand up in the dark, tear down the lies, and fight without stopping for the people who belong to you.

And it taught me what a mother’s love actually is.

It is not a soft or a passive thing.

It is an unyielding shield, and a burning light, and a force fully capable of crushing any monster that comes for her children, however clever the monster believes itself to be.