My mother worked at a Dare Care Centre and there were times when she had to take home some of the children because for whatever reason, the parents and guardians of the children were late in picking them up. My dear mother, God bless her soul, had a double work to do because each evening she would have to come home and cook for her children and the children she brought home had to partake of our food. She then saw to it that we did our homework, do our evening chores and we all sat together waiting for the arrival of these parents who were so late. It was later in life, I wondered how she managed seeing us off to school in the mornings then went to work to take care of over twenty children and then came home in the evenings to take care of her five children including those she took home. Can you believe that there was never a time I saw my mother got angry at any of the parents? It was amazing to watch her as they gave her the reasons why they were so late. There was always this understanding look followed by a smile. These children, who are now adults, respected her so much and refer to her as their aunt. There were those who came back to look for her after many years. Now talk about the strength of a woman, the love of a mother. That was why it was so hard for me to watch her day by day as diabetes took over her whole life which restricted her movement and took away her strength, and finally her life.
Keep resting my mother, you are now safe in the arms of Jesus.
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