Single Mothers

I am a product of a single parent. My mother was my everything, my guider, my protector, my act right, my biggest cheerleader, my confident, my hero. The older I get and the more life I experience, the more I realize the sacrifices that were made for me to stand as I do today.

My mother is the reason I have a wonderful husband, children and overall good life. My mother didn't bash my father or any other men, she didn't blame me for the toll life may have brought on, and she didn't surround me with the wrong people and influences and was very careful in the words she spoke to me, even in discipline. I was never called stupid or told to shut up (does the quiet game count)?  We were family with or without my dad in the home. I ate full course meals at 6pm nightly and had conversations of all the great things the future held for me.

I said all of this to say to all of the single mothers, to keep your head up and although; it can be a thankless job, what you do and say matters and counts for generations to come. Your presence is necessary, lifesaving and the most important. Take the time to talk to your children, tell them all of the good things you were told and even the things you wish you were told. Teach them that they matter and they can do any and everything with your support, love and their determination. I know it gets hard and lonely at times, I know wearing multiple hats can get heavy on the head, but know that one day all of what you do today will appear in your children and grandchildren.

God Bless You All