As a very young mother, I did my best not to make the mistakes I saw other young parents make, nor did I make the mistakes my parents made. Which I felt put me in a superior category as a parent, ha! I always tried to learn from my mistakes and do better. I’m not saying I was perfect, you learn as you go. I was still a child myself… newly married and 2 babies all by the age of 19. Life happened quickly, and it was a struggle, more so once I was on my own with our 2 children as a single mother.
Fast forward to recent years, those 2 children are grown, one of which has given me 2 grandchildren! My third and youngest child, still at home.
I feel my life has come full circle, yet into a version of the twilight zone. Life can be twisted and flip you upside down, changing the trajectory of your future, but never in all my days did I think this is how things would be, or what my life would be like. That’s not to say I don’t find joy in my life, or that I live with regret. I just didn’t expect my worst nightmares to become reality. Nor did I expect to be raising my 2 grandchildren, on my own, as a single mother.
Would that be The Twilight Zone, or Jerry Springer?
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