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"A mother's love endures through all" - Washington Irving
Motherhood is one of the most wonderful things ever! But let us be honest, sometimes you just feel like you need a break!
However, being a mom is one of the challenging jobs in the world! No real breaks you are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even when you are napping, you “light sleep”, bundle of joy can knock (or storm in) screaming because a character in one of her cartoons got hurt. In most ideal cases they are partners who usually saves the day and comes to rescue giving mommy some well-deserved “Time Off”
This is not so for everyone.
Many moms find themselves having to raise their children on their own, not necessarily because she had a child outside wedlock but some other reason, widow, divorce etc. – Being a single mom can be tough – taking care of those bundles of joy, working, the finances etc.
Being a single mom is not so easy, it gets tricky being a young single mom, things get more challenging. And we all know the is really no step by step guidelines to raising that child… there are advises you can get from mom’s before you or other resources, but every child is different and it is said not even siblings are the same!
THE REAL STORY
If you are mom, you will know the is no room to get tired. Time offs are at the bottom of the to-do-list. When I was in school, I really thought examination preparation and assignments were the hardest thing, until I had my daughter. I am going to be honest here, the first year of motherhood felt dark and sort of sad. I just couldn’t get my head around all the changes. Now, I don’t mean I neglected my daughter or I didn’t want to be a mother. But having to be a mother out of wedlock that came with a lot of judgement, if that was not enough, then came the sleepless nights, the early morning getting ready for school and doing assignments in between.
EMOTIONAL BURDEN
Every single mom goes through a lot of emotions and I am not just talking about the hormones, which makes life tricky. But, from feeling guilty of raising your child without a father, to the self-condemnation, being concern weather you are raising your child to their fullest potential within the right Christ principles and so forth. If you thought all that was it – then comes overcoming people’s judgement. Young single mothers are often judged, be it in the street, by family members or sometimes your church family (the less spiritual matured ones though). Young single moms are usually perceived as loose or just clueless.
I must say sometimes I feel that way! Clueless when it comes to being a good mother!
But, that does not mean young single moms don’t know what they are doing, the is room to ask for help and advice, but we have the greatest Counsel to help us raise our bundles of joy, God.
When I feel like “what am I doing?” I always cry to God!
Young mothers (single mothers) won’t tell you this, but we cry sometimes because we just want to be perfect mothers and we get tired. We feel like we need Time Off!
And sometimes we just need reassurance that we doing a good job, that we are going to be just right!
So many of us, young mothers, are overlooked as being “real” mothers. We are just as concerned about the wellbeing of our kids; we are concerned about their futures and we love our kids just like any mother. Married or single.
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So, I want to take this opportunity to thank and appreciate all the young (single) dedicated moms out there, making sure their children are best taken care off and loving them unconditionally!
Don’t be too hard on yourself!
One thing I am certain of, the gift God has entrusted me with, is the best thing that could have ever happened to me!
Happy Mothers! Remember God Loves and so do I!
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