Experts say that the best time for women to have children is
in their 20’s and a woman’s fertility peaks at the age of 24. I got married at
age 25 so oops, time was already not on my side as I missed that peak.
Many of my peers by now, have children in high school, some even
in college and some looking to become grandparents. It seem then, that I am
among the few still raising young children. I am not disgruntled at all, as
anyone who knows my story, should get by now that I am extremely grateful to
God for the opportunity of being a mom to two beautiful children, regardless of
my age. The only grey area is when I realize that some days I am just not
physically able to keep up with them. Then I am reminded of my age and silently
wished I was younger, in my 20’s maybe.
Over the past 2 weeks, I have been to 2 funerals, the last
one being the hardest, as the deceased, not an old person by any means, learnt
she had cancer earlier this year and died, just months afterwards. Her children
were broken. It was so hard to watch. The program facilitated a slide show of
stills from the deceased pass and as the images of her went by, the ones with
her at the weddings of her daughters’ got my attention, which brings me then to the
reason for my post. Since I had my children at such an advanced age, how far
will I make it into their development. Will I be around for their college
years, their graduation, their marriage. Will I be around to welcome my
grandchildren. I often do the maths and it is certainly far from encouraging.
The only thing in my power, that I can do, then, is to make
every moment with them count, because, after all, that is all we are given at a
time. I know though, that even if their dad and I are not around for them for some
of their important milestones, an aunt, an uncle or even a friend will, as God
will not have it otherwise, as we know that they are indeed gifts to us,
straight from his heart.
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