Kangaskhan.

0:00Kangaskhan is called the Parent Pokémon.

0:02And that sounds sweet until you read what she actually does.

0:04Her baby stays in her pouch for three years.

0:06Three years of carrying.

0:09Three years of protecting.

0:11Three years of never putting it down.

0:13And during those three years, Kangaskhan sleeps standing up.

0:15Every single night.

0:17Standing.

0:19Because she is terrified of lying down and crushing her baby.

0:22So she just...

0:24doesn't.

0:26For three years.

0:28The Pokédex says she will fight to the death no matter how badly wounded she is.

0:30Not to win.

0:32Not for pride.

0:35Just to keep her child safe.

0:37She will take hit after hit after hit and she will not stop until her baby is okay.

0:39And then one day, after three years, the child leaves.

0:41Climbs out of the pouch.

0:43Walks away.

0:45Starts its own life.

0:47And the Pokédex says something that broke me.

0:50"That is the only time the mother is heard to cry." Three years of standing.

0:52Three years of fighting.

0:54Three years of never putting herself first.

0:56And she doesn't cry once.

0:58Until they leave.

1:00That's when she finally lets herself feel it.

1:03Maybe your mom did that.

1:05Maybe it was a grandma.

1:07An aunt.

1:09A dad who played both roles.

1:11Maybe it was someone who chose you when they didn't have to.

1:13Or maybe you're still waiting for someone to stand like that for you.

1:16Whoever it is — still here, gone too soon, or someone you're still hoping to find — this one's for them.

1:18Happy Mother's Day.

1:20However that looks for you.