March 2020.... a month, a year, a moment we all will never forget. It was this time last year that the what we all know as a normal way of life came to complete stop. 🛑
Without much of a warning ⚠️, last year we were prompted to ✋ stop & sit still. We didn’t know then that the moment of sitting still would turn into hours ,weeks, & then months.
So as we have moved forward & are now in March 2021, I have learned to be grateful for more things . I’ve learned to be thankful, just go with the flow. I recalled years ago at this time, 2001 to be exact, I was hella stressed 😩 . 20 years ago in the month of March, I had to make the decision of being a Mom or not being a Mom.Yep, I was college Freshman on a full ride Academic Scholarship at the HBCU College of my choice that I’d always wanted to attend. And like most of young adults, poor decisions were made.
I’ll never forget the moment I heard the words,”Your pregnancy test is Positive.” I recalled the room spinning, me sitting there thinking to myself ,”Kesha, what have you done?
Child, there were so many thoughts 💭smh
So fast forward, I’m trying to hide this pregnancy right. I attempted to make these appointments on my own, in a city I didn’t know, with insurance I didn’t have , because I knew good & damn well I wasn’t going to even attempt to use my parents insurance that I had at the time; especially if the goal was to DENY DENY DENY 🤦🏾♀️
So I’m visiting all these clinics & docs & at this one appointment, the nurse or provider ?? Not sure honestly what their role were at that time in my life, but she looks at me and ask”Are you sure you want to keep the baby?”
I have always been ProLife, so I thought, but in that moment, I seriously thought “An abortion may not be so bad.” I didn’t make a decision that day, but I left the office in deep thought. I remember calling my boyfriend & letting him know that I was thinking about abortion.
I didn’t realize it then, but I now see how blessed I was to have me a young man of noble character to talk me out of an abortion.
Present day March 2021, we are married with 2 beautiful kids whom I love dearly 💕. Now kid #2 is a story to tell as well but that’s definitely a different and future blog post 😉.
So if you follow my social media, my word for the week is “persevere”.
To persevere is to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success. Oxford Languages
Through all the struggles I encountered, the end goal is what kept me moving. The haters and the nay sayers kept me motivated. My parents & close friends kept me grounded. God kept me intact🙏🏾🙌🏾.
Life comes with its peaks & valleys and twist & turns. However, we don’t have to allow those valleys to keep us down. We don’t have to live and wonder in our mistakes.
Had I stayed mentally stuck in the “what if’s” so many years ago, I would have never had a chance to be the best version of me.💜
So choose to persevere, push forward, & keep going....
You’ll be so blessed & thankful for the beautiful & fulfilled version of you!
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