{"id":3253,"date":"2022-05-06T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2022-06-04T20:04:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T18:04:05","slug":"the-love-of-a-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/parenting\/moms-mothers-single-mothers-being-a-mom\/the-love-of-a-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"The love of a mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

The love of a mother never perishes\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been five years, 11 months since I last saw your face and with each passing day I remember the love we once shared, the times I looked into your face and shared a joke with you. With you time was precious and moments shared were always recreated and re-invented.<\/p>\n

You chose me and I chose you back, back in 1987 on the 22nd<\/sup> of February (The month of love). \u00a0You gave me life, you natured me into a son, without a man in the house, a father figure to guide me.\u00a0 You never disappointed but made me a boy amongst others. You \u00a0taught me important life lessons that looking back now, I see \u00a0and still feel you \u00a0right beside me. Your love for me still lingers in everything I touch.<\/p>\n

You loved me before you saw me, you took care of me before somebody else could help you look after me. How can I now not honour your legacy.\u00a0 How can I make you proud?<\/p>\n

I know I made you proud \u00a0as the first of your \u00a08 children to see the doors of a university, \u00a0when I was selected student of the year at High school and read \u00a0my poetry at school gatherings. \u00a0Now I\u2019m on my way to getting my \u00a0university degree and \u00a0know I am still making you proud.<\/p>\n

Grace Cynthia Mhlanga you are the superhero and will always be the guide in my life. Thank \u00a0you for instilling the foundations of listening and understanding with the knowlege that \u00a0I was loved by a woman who left me and my siblings too soon. Your love \u00a0love and lessons remain to guide us in the present \u00a0and into the future!<\/p>\n

P.S. This blurry photo of my mom with my siblings is the only one I still have in my album.<\/p>\n

My mom was 54 when she died. \u00a0She was a domestic helper, she was a very strong willed women, loved church, had 8 kids (2 boys and 6 girls) who she raised in a 4 bed roomed house. She was a \u00a0Christian and loved her kids regardless of what we all turned out to be.<\/p>\n

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