I am thankful for this journey called motherhood . I have walked this path with God by my side and I am grateful for how far I've come. Raising a child alone is not for the weak but God has been faithful and has given me wisdom to do this. Through the years of feeling alone and frustrated, I can thankfully say that I am happy that God has given me the strength and grace to do this. Not by might, not by power but by his spirit . All my daughter sees is strength and perseverance. In February of this year, I saw some fluid coming from one of my breasts and I went to do an ultrasound. She told me not to worry as my results would come back okay. Deep in the back of my mind, I was worried for my child and started to beg the Lord to give me some more years to spend with her . I am thankful for life and all that the Lord has blessed me with. He has been faithful and He is taking me from glory to glory . I have seen parents who have become frustrated with their da...
FINDING PURPOSE If you told me 5 years ago that I will become a single mother, I would definitely tell you otherwise. I am led to share this story with you. In January of 2016, I had a medical abortion. The fetus had some abnormal complications and the doctors saw it best for me to abort it. I was 4 months pregnant. That journey was a rough one as I was not yet a born-again Christian. However, I believed in God. During the months after that I couldn't cope with the loss and I kept questioning why it had to happen. Why my first child? Why me? I didn't seek counseling to deal with the loss and I would constantly be crying or thinking about it. I had prayed to God asking him to bless me with another child. In November 2016, I found out I was pregnant again and this time it was with my ex who was in another relationship at the time. He answered my prayer but not in the way that I would expect. During pregnancy, I had to get used to doing things on my own as ...