You Raised Me Twice

The story behind this song

She packed the lunches and hid the tears, worked two jobs and held the whole world up while her kid was still dreaming. No cape, no spotlight — just grit and grace, and the dreams she skipped so someone else could fly. She raised her once as a child, and again every time life knocked her down.

Now that child holds a child of her own and recognizes everything that got passed down: the late shifts, the brave face, the truth told even when it stung.

For the grown kid of the single mother who played every role and never once asked for the credit.