Tears, Truth, and a Mother’s Reality

If you finish giving birth as a mom, and you didn't have any child with cerebral palsy challenges, then you should be very grateful to God. Not that you are better than those moms with such children with the challenge, but then, we can't question God; He allows whatever He wishes to allow to happen in our lives.

So as part of this year’s Mother’s Day theme—celebrating true love in action. I and my fellow mothers visited children with cerebral palsy at their center and showed love to them.

It was a visit that made me really rethink how much I give God gratitude rather than complain. Yes, I have a challenging child, and I feel bad about it as a mother, but when I saw these children at the cerebral palsy center, I couldn't control my tears. I realized that my own case is primary.

Imagine passing through the whole pregnancy journey and now birthing such a challenging child who can't walk, nor eat by himself, who can't develop like other children, and with lots of developmental defects, yet alive. That's a lot of emotional stress, physical stress, and financial stress on the part of the parents.

The founder of this center told us that she was childless all through many years of her marriage. And at a point, she decided to adopt a three-month-old daughter. Along the line, the baby wasn't developing well until it was confirmed that she was having cerebral issues. If you see this child, she is already twenty years old but looks like a 6-year-old child. The woman didn't throw her away because after all, she is an adopted child; rather, she has been suffering with her in a wheelchair, packing her poop and pee until she had the initiative of opening the cerebral center, which the government and NGO later supported her.

Today, a lot of children are there receiving nice services. Some of these children, according to her, were picked in the bush where the parents abandoned them. I understand that it's not easy to nurture such a child because it remains a liability for life unless God miraculously intervenes.

The journey of parenting is not a joke, but in all, I am learning gratitude regardless. For any mother who has such a child with a cerebral palsy challenge, just know that you are not alone; be strong and positive, and above all, I pray for uncommon grace to pull through.

_{Images was taken with my phone camera with the permission of the founder of cerebral palsy center , lagos Nigeria}

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