As I celebrate my 50th milestone birthday this year, I hope to make it a part of my celebration, because the celebration is for the entire year. There is much more that I have achieved, but time and space hinders me, but it all drives towards the fact that I come from a string of strong women, my mother inheriting my grandmother’s strength, and me drawing from hers, for when I look at my mother’s achievements, and juxtapose it with how far I have come, I can clearly agree with the old saying that “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” I have what she had. Resilience. And though I know more challenges would come my way, I would remember that my mother had reached crossroads in her life too, that she had had mountainous challenges, had had sleepless nights over certain issues, but she had surmounted them all. And if my mother could do it, then I can too. And in the words of Abraham Lincoln – “all that I am or ever hope to be, I owe it to my angel mother.” 51 The Birthday Journal
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