On my mind.....

Yesterday I got my weekly dose of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Anybody close to me knows this is one of the ways I get my weekend groove on. I know there's a marketing and charity side to it but Ty and his team are definitely angels! Who doesn't like the idea of someone coming to your house and turning things around. The episodes I watched this weekend touched my heart deeply;  two girls with SMA ( a muscular disorder), and two other girls that are amputees. And it made me take a deep look at my kids and appreciate God and them. My son is a ball of energy and it is very easy for him to start to grate on your nerves because he never stops moving and my daughter just started walking and she is picking up words really fast as well. A dear sister of mine told me once that parenting is about sacrifice. and the greatest sacrifice you can give your children is being the best of you that you can possible be. Our children need role models and the first role model that they see is their parents. It is very easy to invest all in our children and forget about ourselves but when your child looks at you what do they see? do they see a run down mum, struggling to keep things together? or do they see a strong African woman in touch with their generation?because whether we like it or not we have to be involved in our kids' lives. Don't let the only thing they see is you in the kitchen or at the ironing table. There  Their generation moves at such a speed. If you want healthy children, then you have to be healthy as well. If you want children that have a habit of reading, then they have to see you reading. You have to surround them with the culture of reading, a culture of healthy living. The girls from Extreme Makeover were extremely bright and positive and when I think of it, I'm sure their parents  had a lot to do with it.