Life as a kid is one of the best life so far. Though kids do lot of silly things that sometimes endanger their lives but yet it is the best time ever. You have full trust that you will eat food, wear clothes, shoes, go for outing without counting the cost. Why?
Because there is Mom and Dad to care for that. As i am writing this post, i saw my grand children playing. It is only children can do this by this time of the day. 9am. Parents are busy thinking about what they will eat, school fees and their busineses.
Children playing
There are sometimes i wish if i am still a kid so that I will have some fun I left behind. As a kid I love playing ludo, whot, swell , climbing of trees etc. Later at my teenage, i had a friend Adaugo by name who comes to our house almost every day and I do the the same. We did a lot of things together, like going to farm, going to the market, fetching firewood, fetching of water, attending meetings together, preaching together and so many things.
That was the time i enjoyed this life most. I never knew there is going to be a time i I will be the one to think, what i will eat or what others will will eat. I never think of a time i will shout at children, wake up in middle of night to cry over a sick baby. I never know i will work so hard to pay rent. All this was not there when I was a kid.
In all of this, one thing I regret so much was that, i would have travel to so many places then. I still remember when my Mom will ask me to go and stay with her sister during holidays but I will say know. I will shift it to another holiday. Now see me, where is the time to visit friends and families as i long to do.
I would have sleep very well that time. Some night, i will play ludo or whot till midnight even early morning. My Mom will Say, Blessing go and sleep, go and sleep, i will say am coming especially if i am the one winning in the game. But today having children have given me countless of sleepless night. Even day time. Three are so many things i wish I could have done or enjoy before becoming a mother. Time will fail me.
I wish I know this.
I wish I know always come at last. What parenting is like or what motherhood is like is a university you will not know until you start schooling as a parent. You know many who try to understand what parenting is before becoming a parent find it difficult to get married. the truth is that, you will never know what motherhood is until you become a mother.
Check out this to understand my point. Many families are not united, we hear of husband beating his wife, divorce and so many bad stories. Does this stop people from getting married? No is the answer. Does hardship stop child bearing? No is still the answer. Now what is my point?
My point is that you will never know what your life will be like when you become a mother or a father until you become one. When you see that Challenge that will make you to say, i wish I know this, face it with faith, pray to God for help. Many have faced the same Challenge and win. You too can win. Motherhood, fatherhood and parenting is a gift from God. It comes with responsibility.
Thank you 