Last Friday was Alexis 13th birthday and Monday this week was Zavier 10th birthday. Last Thursday night I sat down looking at her and the flashbacks started and went back to thirteen years ago before she was born. It was so surreal, it was as if I was there again. Wouldn’t want to do it again. No joke. I was thinking that this happens to me all the time, anything can trigger a memory. What about you?

I just sat there reflecting on being a mother and feeling that kind of love that is so hard to explain. The thing is this love isn’t limited to the children you gave birth. I can say that for a fact when I think of Markel. In my mind he’s my eldest child. I see children as a blessing and that’s why I wouldn’t want to have too many as I would want to spend as much time and resources with them as possible. One of my grandmothers had fifteen children and she did tell me it was hard to show everyone that same amount of support. It never got easier as some got older because they needed a totally different kind of support and it just wasn’t there. Many just went off and did their own thing. Very interesting things happened. Things that could have been a avoided if the efforts had been made but without having the time etc, what to do?

Being a parent comes with no manuals. It is a journey that never ends. I will be their mom forever. Very often we have to make up the manual ourselves as we go along. I think of when I was growing up and how it’s different from my children. The times are different, however the moral beliefs remains overall. My kids are from two different generations so they were brought up a bit different. Alexis and Zavier never knew any kind of phone but a smart phone, while Markel know the generation before. Now I didn’t even think we would have that kind of technology for a while.

When I was growing up tv signed on and off and cable tv was just becoming a thing. When Markel was growing up cable was there and tv never signed off and now my kids wants to know why we even have cable. 🤷🏽‍♀️. It’s the same thing with music I had cassettes and then CDs, Markel had CDs and MP3s and the younger ones only knew streaming. When my mother would punish us one of the things would be no tv. I did the same thing with Markel but with these two it’s no devices. Things are different, so different. When I say anything about when I grew up the response is as if it was the dark ages. It wasn’t that long ago, but things and technology change so rapidly. Imagine we thought our parents grew up in the dark ages.😂. I guess my kids children will think now to be the dark ages. What do you think?

I find it hard to understand how persons can hurt these little people. Whenever I see harm done to any child I see my own children. There are some really deprived people around. For me the children are the future. Allow them to live as children and live their lives as best they can. Don’t take away their childhood. That’s why I will always be there for them. That’s my job and my purpose.

Let me know as I really want to know what you are thinking, and I know others do too. Try commenting 👍🏽, but if you are not comfortable, reach out to me via any medium. Your comments let me know how you feel and very often give me a total different perspective on the topic. 😉. And you can never tell your comment might help others.

Always remember life is for living and you must always live your best life. #lifeisforliving #liveyourbestlife #gratefulforlife #faithgreaterthanfear

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