Mama Mia !

It's been quite a while since I wrote something. 
I'm quite late but I'm writing about my mom. Happy Mother's Day to all!


My mom and I don't really share that extraordinary bond. 
I am more of a Papa's girl but definitely my mother is my number one fan and protector. She has constantly guided all of us --- with this I'm vividly sharing how she once pointed a gun to a drunk and addict guy in the forehead at a basketball court in front of our house when she saw the guy assaulting my brother. From that time on, every drunkard in town respected her. HAHA!


Our relationship was not special, we didn't have the same wavelengths a lot of times but it is always her advice that was accurate and that I'm glad I followed them all. 


She told us, they just want the best and only the best for us, I believed her and I know she meant every word about it. I am glad we have her and I know I must have been raised by her examples and that I am starting to be like her. 


Not a lot of women in the world are given the chance to become mothers. My mom I think is and will never be tired of being a mother. After nurturing all three of us for a quarter of a century now, she just can't stop being a mother. As I have mentioned before, they took in a little girl, Ikay. Then now, we are just waiting for another addition to the brood - this time a baby boy. 


Surprisingly, she is the strictest mother and tita within the family. She's a known disciplinarian but kids are just drawn to her. She's called by all the kids in our village as Mama, something that we, the real kids, wonder why? 


She's a warrior inside and out. I know that in all of our battles she was there in front and behind us. I am glad she let go of us earlier than others because it taught us all to be independent and grounded. She let us face our own battles but she was also present when we needed more strength. I just knew in all of my dreams, she was a pillar and she fervently prayed for all of our successes. She did everything for us. And that's irreplaceable. 


Our relationship was not special, we didn't have the same wavelengths a lot of times but it is always her advice that was accurate and that I'm glad I followed them all. 


Our relationship is so special because of the kind of modelling I saw in her. She can be annoying but, I would not trade her for the world. I have learned a lot from her and I am still learning a lot now, I am just glad, she's beside me as I will start to build my own family and be a mother to a baby boy who didn't come from my womb but my heart. 

May 2011 Graduation of my brother Steve

I know I won't level to her kind of motherhood, I just pray I can be half as much and the rest is love.