People ignorantly speak on two-parent households,
as if broken homes with both parties present is a badge of honor to wear.
Healthy parents,
whether one or two,
is so much better.
Imagine a child whose home
is an everlasting battleground,
filled with so much strife.
Seeing mommy and daddy constantly
exhibiting outward turmoil
has consequences that linger
well throughout their life.
I can’t speak for you,
but I can speak on what I’ve been through.
I could have chosen to stay
for “the sake of the kid”
but me leaving?
Well,
that was a testament of my inner strength.
I refuse to repeat generational traumas.
I refuse to raise a child
showing her what a warped love looks like.
I choose to raise her up in
healthy love,
not in an endless fight.
In the end,
people questioned what made me flee,
but
while keeping her in mind
I chose what was best for me.
I’m raising a young girl
who will later be a woman,
and if she’s ever with the wrong man
she needs to know
that it’s ok to leave.
To spread her wings,
To go fly free,
To honor her own truth
Unapologetically.
So when I look at her,
and at the qualities she possesses,
I see a little girl whose life
holds many blessings.
A life so rich,
where love continues to blossom
like a garden during the spring.
She already knows leadership
but I pray she’s aware of
all the greatness she brings.
I mean,
I can’t speak for how she’ll be as an adult,
but right now,
she’s unafraid to be:
sensitive and loving,
yet fearless and free.
Unable to be tamed
and unafraid of the wild.
Through time she may change,
but it’s amazing to see
that she knows herself as a child.
She’s raised up to honor
her truest self in her youth,
and because the seeds were planted,
she bloomed,
she grew.
And she’ll only continue to grow
because from the beginning
she always knew.