Surviving as a parent

Another parenting post.. I am not sorry because this is the road we are taking and it is time now. I am now the non-fun version of myself,, Now, Nairobi is just one city of chaos,, For those living in apartments and you have to pay for a play area or forever suffer the unending nagging and cries of the consequences of your actions. You sit and wonder whether you were actually ready and sometimes you actually break down and just cry.

Well, for the sake of your own sanity, find a good daycare and leave those tiny gremlins there once in a while, and just take a break. Go get a massage or something. I’d advise you go back to the house but who are you kidding? You will start deep cleaning those corners that have been long forgotten.

The other good thing you could do is leave them with your partner or husband and listen to them terrorize them.. That stuff is therapeutic.

For stay-at-home mums, apart from getting a break now and then, when you are unwell please act like you are dying. Exaggerate it until your partner offers to take you to the hospital. There is no harder work than looking after kids. It is harder when you have multiples.

Anyway, I am just blabbering here as i learn how to cope with this chapter. Also, i need a holiday and a few million bucks

To all mums out there

Since i became a mum, the level of respect that i have for mums has upped.

I have always considered myself as one who respects mums considering i have been raised by one who really worked hard to see us become better persons. She cried, begged and was ready to fight all odds… I have realized though that i had no slight idea of what was going on in her mind or heart until i got my twins.

Those lil humans can drive you crazy that you want to just run away and at the same time you don’t want to run because they are your everything. You want the best for them and i can’t imagine what my mum had to withstand every time a relative or kids made fun of us and she had no means of defending us.

I have come to realize the most motivated people are mums, the most courageous people are mums.. I have had this desire to achieve more and to be a better person. I have also learned that the word selfish does not exist in mom’s diaries..

So as we close the year, i want to just wish all mums courage, strength, financial breakthrough, more grace and everything good. It is your love that should be recognized always. i salute y’all.

PS; There should have been a warning that once you become a mum it is your duty to make sure that all holidays and special days memorable.. This is harder than i thought. Also it is me finding everything in the house..

Here is to mums

• “When you are looking at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” —Charley Benetto
• “Mother is the heartbeat in the home; and without her, there seems to be no heartthrob.” —Leroy Brownlow
• “Mothers are like glue. Even when you can’t see them, they’re still holding the family together.” —Susan Gale