Nieces...

I love my nieces, I mean totally adore them, they are the two most adorable kids ever (yes I know I would say that) biased I may be but then who isn't towards their own children or those they are closest to, when you have children around, your negative emotions and feelings can disappear, momentarily you feel alive again, kids are the joy to that.....

Rewind.........................


Apparently I never finished this post, I mean God knows what prompted to initiate a topic on my nieces! Kids are bundle of joy, I always longed for my own but recently I was reminded by something that what said in passing and got me thinking, 'don't expect anything from anyone, even from your kids'.  How many of us live our lives full of expectations? How many of us do and say things expecting something in return and then there comes a day where you hit a brick wall, high expectations that do not turn and go your way are downtrodden by misery, guilt or hurt leaving you wondering why you ever bothered, was it ever worth it?

Well I've learnt in the last year and more so recently, definitely 'do not expect anything', if you get it, its a bonus but certainly if you don't at least you are saved that hurt and pain.  Its a difficult way of thinking and feeling to learn, adapting to this new form of thought seems almost ruthless at time and often I wonder how or why you reach such a stage of feeling and thinking. 

People are not the same, times are not similar, circumstances change, so why cant feelings change, of course they are bound for change, one cannot stay submerged and almost trapped in the same way of thought and feeling, well you can at the risk of falling behind or worse still digging your own grave.

Anyway back to my nieces, kids are a beautiful gift, from the moment God bestows His mercy upon you and blesses you with a child, that creation and formation within the mother, how can anyone understand the nearness that women feels to God and to the child except that women who goes through such an experience.  This is before the babies see the light of this world.  Beyond that, we watch them learn, grow, share, experience, fall, rise and the endless experiences associated with parenthood. 

At difficult times just wathcing my nieces, it reminded me constantly of the wonderful reasons behind our existence, often when we wonder what our purpose in life is or where it is we are heading to, let us remember where it is we came from! One of many favours of God to us; children! 

They've just passed their birthday but since this post was intended to be published in the late summer of 2010, I now have a chance to complete it, and although it won't completely reflect my thoughts back then, in essence it captures most of what I may have been thinking.  Finally, I know for sure this post a dedication to my beautiful two nieces, Happy Belated Birthday Girls :)  xxx