"A Winning Mom" by C. Burr

 

Image by Daria Głodowska from Pixabay

 

I met my friend "Moriah" over two years ago through Thrive!-- a local nonprofit organization "dedicated to reducing poverty by building skills and relationships that strengthen families and individuals."

 She is a single mom working up to fifty hours a week while raising four children, ages 10-14.  She grew up in foster homes, achieved her GED, works for less than $15 per hour, and was recently accepted to receive a House for Habitat home, which will require over 200 hours of her help during the construction.  All her children plan to go to college and maintain As and Bs.

Recently, Moriah texted me about her 7^th-grade daughter “Serenity,” who wanted to quit track after two days of practice:

Serenity don’t like doing [track] every day. She asked to quit but I told her since she started, I’d like her to finish. 

She said, “Okay Mom, then I’m going to lose every race!”

            I said, “Okay. I’ll still cheer for you!” 

She asked,” Y’all cheer for a loser?” 

I said, “Yes.  You’re my daughter and you’re a winner in my eyes.  You tried.”

For more information on Thrive copy and paste: https://www.thriveflinthills.com/

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