Woman Pens Tear-jerkingly Beautiful Definition of "Mommy" For Her New Foster Child

When Jamie welcomed a new foster child into her home, the young girl already knew the drill: meet the family, check out the new house, and maybe play with some dolls. At merely 2 years old, the girl had been shuffled between four different homes in a matter of five months. So when Jamie's other children offered to show the little girl around her new home, the little one gladly obliged.

After just 11 minutes of wandering around the house, the 2-year-old approached Jamie, saying, "Look, mommy!" Jamie was naturally surprised at the girl's declaration because they had just met for the first time and she was already calling her by such an intimate title. That was when the foster mother realized that her family's newest addition did not fully understand the true meaning of the word.

"To this little girl, 'mommy' meant the female adult of the house, the lady who reached something you couldn't and refilled your juice," Jamie wrote in a viral Facebook post. "Having five 'mommies' in five months, she hadn't yet had the chance to learn what mommy meant."

Jamie went on to offer a tear-jerkingly beautiful definition of the word. "Mommy meant falling asleep on shoulders, kissing skinned knees, teaching ABCs," she wrote. "Mommy meant helping homework, whispering about friends, sitting outside dressing rooms. Mommy meant taking pictures at graduation, hugging on wedding day, cuddling grandchildren. Mommy meant security. Mommy meant commitment. Mommy meant lifelong love."

We can't think of a more accurate way to sum up this nickname for mother. Excuse us while we clean up our puddle of tears.