Family
It is four thirty in the morning South African time I woke up at about 3am in our darkened room. My thoughts of my life and learning flashing through my mind. Reflecting on this past year. A year of heartbreak and not belonging. For 24 years I believed in a miracle of a blended family that was strong, filled with love and compassion. My admiration for the fortitude and strength each family member displayed. I had believed that I was a big part of the successes I was witnessing in each separate family households. I had laughed, cried, hoped, endured their challenges even believing I meant something . Felt responsible, privileged and felt that I’d loved enough, taught something, given a huge part of myself! My loving each child like my own perhaps more so because I was fulfilling a promise. I never asked for the task! Nor did I have an expectation. My nature is to love all people especially small people as the l...