Mother Mother's Day Edition, Issue 2 | Page 9

If you had all the money to do one thing rght now, what would it be?

I am the teacher, and I am also a mother too many. I remember in my early teens, I had a vision of a three story building where all the children who lived on the streets and were unloved by there parents lived there. I have no idea how they all fit, but they did. So the top of my list would be to create a facility for all the uncared children, so they can be safe, loved and be nurtured for a better future.

What is a goal, you want to achieve in the next ten years?

To be at peace.

What is the hardest thing about being a mother? What is the best thing about being a mother?

The hardest thing would be seeing your children helpless, depending on the situation sometimes there is nothing physically you are able to do, that is part of life and it to shall pass. But it is difficult nonetheless. The best thing I would have to say, is there presence whenever all my children are around, the love, the laughter the joy fills me up immensely.

What was our dream job when you were younger?

To be an actress, I know it may sound strange but as I watch my daughter"s life now. I see her fulfilling my dream, I am not sad that I am a teacher, I believe it is my purpose and it is my calling.

If you could go back in time to one moment, where would it be?

I would have to say when my Mother got out of the relationship with

my father, she always wanted to travel. So if i can go back to period

where I can fulfill that wish for her

that will be it.

What do you miss most about being a child?

When was I seven years old. My mother called me inside one day and told me I need to put on a t-shirt at all times because I am young lady. There were always boys in the

yard, so I felt I was like one of them. So I would have to say playtime.

If you could do anything with your family,whatwould it be?

At mass in worship.

What was life like before you had children?

Free. (husband and her laugh out loudly). Children change you,

from the moment they enter your life, there is a burning desire to want to nurture, love and care for this new born. I don't see myself as restricted, parenting is a choice I made. But I am now free to love this person the best way I know how. But your life is

definitely different with them in it.