Grateful..so grateful
Tonight I had a conversation with my Dad, when I think about it he got teary eyed because he was talking about hard it use to be when he wasn't working. I really never thought about the struggle my parents actually went through during that time. It's mind blowing now because to be completely honest it's very easy to forget how much my parents actually did for us raising us. We as kids never went without and looking back not having my mum around makes me really realize how much they sacrificed for us. Both my parents worked so hard making sure we always had full bellies and a roof over our heads. In island cultures the way we we are raised the parents raise the kids and then we when we're grown look after our parents. I never fully grasped this concept because I'm human and can be guilty of living my own life forgetting about my dad. It wasn't until tonight that I really realized how amazing my mum was and dad is with everything they did for us as kids and even now.
We were never privileged growing up but I can hand on heart say that we were and continue to be the richest in love (that sounds so cheesy as I look back at it now) but it's so true. The struggle was real and on some days still now it really is but by the grace of God our family gets through and comes out better for it. I didn't appreciate my mum enough when she was here, as she lives in heaven I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss her everyday and it wasn't until she left was then I appreciated fully what we had and continue to have in what she engraved in us. As mother's day approaches it's hard not having her here, but I'm so thankful for what I had and have been taught by her, one day when I have kids if I'm half the mum she was to us I will be happy. So side note I kind of veered off what I was talking about to mum, but my posts never flow in order if you've read more then one of them. Please make sure you hug your mum, tell her you love her and spoil her this Sunday, but not just this Sunday daily, because you only get one of them and they are amazing gifts from God.
My Dad so hardworking one of the if not the most hardworking men I know. I really don't appreciate my dad and show him as much as I should, if I'm being honest my relationship with my Dad didn't really start properly until my Mum passed away. He was always the parent that I would bypass to go to Mum, it's not that I didn't love him it's just it was a different kind of love with him. As this past year has gone by without my mum, he's had his struggles, but he continues to go to work and sow into our lives in the best way he knows. I go home on the weekends to stay with him and my sister some of the conversations I have with him seem to go around and around in circles especially when it comes to money, we disagree a lot (God's teaching me through this relationship). However when I actually engage and listen to what my Dad says about his upbringing, and his views on life and what not I learn so much. My Dad's amazing too, and it wasn't until tonight that I'm so grateful for everything that him and my mum did and continue to do for us as their children. They struggled so much, and listening to him tonight made me fully appreciate the work that went into making us the people we are today, thank God for my parents because they are the best. parents. ever.
God loves you BIG
ps please keep my family in prayer! we have two baby boys on the way this year and our baby here now has been sick and her mum too so need prayer for all of them! thank you in advance xx
Kerrix
xox
We were never privileged growing up but I can hand on heart say that we were and continue to be the richest in love (that sounds so cheesy as I look back at it now) but it's so true. The struggle was real and on some days still now it really is but by the grace of God our family gets through and comes out better for it. I didn't appreciate my mum enough when she was here, as she lives in heaven I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss her everyday and it wasn't until she left was then I appreciated fully what we had and continue to have in what she engraved in us. As mother's day approaches it's hard not having her here, but I'm so thankful for what I had and have been taught by her, one day when I have kids if I'm half the mum she was to us I will be happy. So side note I kind of veered off what I was talking about to mum, but my posts never flow in order if you've read more then one of them. Please make sure you hug your mum, tell her you love her and spoil her this Sunday, but not just this Sunday daily, because you only get one of them and they are amazing gifts from God.
My Dad so hardworking one of the if not the most hardworking men I know. I really don't appreciate my dad and show him as much as I should, if I'm being honest my relationship with my Dad didn't really start properly until my Mum passed away. He was always the parent that I would bypass to go to Mum, it's not that I didn't love him it's just it was a different kind of love with him. As this past year has gone by without my mum, he's had his struggles, but he continues to go to work and sow into our lives in the best way he knows. I go home on the weekends to stay with him and my sister some of the conversations I have with him seem to go around and around in circles especially when it comes to money, we disagree a lot (God's teaching me through this relationship). However when I actually engage and listen to what my Dad says about his upbringing, and his views on life and what not I learn so much. My Dad's amazing too, and it wasn't until tonight that I'm so grateful for everything that him and my mum did and continue to do for us as their children. They struggled so much, and listening to him tonight made me fully appreciate the work that went into making us the people we are today, thank God for my parents because they are the best. parents. ever.
God loves you BIG
ps please keep my family in prayer! we have two baby boys on the way this year and our baby here now has been sick and her mum too so need prayer for all of them! thank you in advance xx
Kerrix
xox
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