Learnings from my kids

I did not grow up with my mom so when i became one myself 16 yrs ago,
I didn't have any idea on how to act as one.
My eldest suffered a lot of trial and error kind of upbringing.
Oh and did i mention I was separated from his father 2 yrs after he was born?
I was rearing him all alone...alone and clueless...that's how i was.


I can't say I'm a better mom now.
Now that i have 3 kids and still unmarried....single...and loving it.
But looking at my kids..how they grew up so fast...
how they managed to live with me through the years....
it amazes me how i, as a mother, can learn so much from them.
Throughout these years, they were the ones who taught me how to become better....
as a mom...and as a person.



From them, i learned forgiveness without having to forget the good and bad times...
I learned patience to the extreme level
I learned how to apologize even if it means being vulnerable
I learned to value my life...not only because my kids can't afford to lose me
But because I can't afford to leave them
I learned how to thank God for simple things
I see life through their eyes
No matter how complicated, they have the simplest take on it



Their "i love you's" complete me every time
Their hugs warm my heart and strengthen me
Make me realize how special i am
no matter how mediocre i am to others.....
I thank God for them...for lending them to me
For healing me through them
For the comfort my kids give me
For the love, importance and respect...
MY life is better...and will keep getting better because i have them...


"None of us can undo
What we've done, or
relive a life already recorded
But there is no such thing
as 'too late'."



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