Madonna shared with her 19 million followers on Instagram, a tender post on the occasion of the 18th birthday of her daughter, Mercy James (Mercy James), her fourth child adopted from Malawi.

The famous singer accompanied her wishes with a video of photos starring her daughter to the sounds of a composition by Erik Satie played by Mercy on the piano.

“Beautiful Mercy James. You are already a new woman! Beautiful queen of Africa! You surprised us all! You’ve always been the quiet one in the family,” the queen of pop wrote in the caption of her post and revealed that her daughter was the most “quiet, kind, shy and patient” child in the family.

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“While all my other children were begging for attention, you were hiding under your hood never wanting to pull it off. Always humble and kind. She was always the one who said thank you,” he said.