Mother of Five

I just LOVE these kids!

Lots of days whether they like it or not.

I started the mom journey at 18 years old. I’m 45 now, & it never ends even when they think it does.

I’m a mom who has high expectations & I’m fair about where the bar is set in respect to each of them individually.

I have gone to great lengths to make sure they have gone to the best schools, so that college is less difficult for them & so they could make whatever future for themselves that they wanted & want.

I was a single mom for the front half of Rebecca’s life & I’m a single mom for they other four on the back end of theirs.

My whole life,I read every book I could & watched every episode of whatever I felt was relevant to them & our future!

I did every single step of each of their lives, mostly on my own, one way or another.

I have always kept it real with them & do my best to keep them grounded, so that when they have children, they’ll know which way is up when they’re on the path to parenthood themselves.

It isn’t an easy job. Especially when they are wanting to strike out into the world themselves. I’ve never been the mom who tells them what they want to hear. I’ve always told them the truth. That doesn’t always go the way any of us want, & it’s always done because I love them.

As a parent, it can sometimes feel like your going through the motions of saying things, because you’re seeing down the road & into their potential future. You know you won’t be there & you know you have to be the loudest resounding echo in their head whenever that happens

I have the best kids