14/12/2024
This is a GRATITUDE POST
Expressing Gratitude to the Almighty Jehovah, Ebenezer, our Lord, Our Strength, Our Pillar, Our Savior for his Mercies,Grace,Abundance,Peace,Love,Favour,provision,protection,strength,comfort...
Appreciating myself for dedicated parenting to this beautiful princesses. If you know my parenting story and the challenges we have been through for my daughter to thrive to level, age and state,you can definitely attest to this glory.
THE BIGGER THE CHALLENGE THE GREATER THE TESTIMONY!
Have been through Thick and Thin
✏️She was born through a super urgent emergency cesarean section,it was traumatizing for sure.
✏️She was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease
✏️At 6 months she was confirmed to be a special needs child - Down Syndrome
✏️Her early age involved moving from hospital to hospital,there was no rest time, alot of time and finances were spent for her medical and healthcare expenses
✏️At 9 months we travelled to India for open heart surgery
✏️Before the age of 4 years she had undergone 2 surgeries
✏️For her to gain mobility and strength to walk,we had to undergo rigorous physiotherapy and at some point i had to learn to learn to be a physiotherapist,and do physio's at home.
✏️She finally walked at 26 months.
✏️There is alot to share about her,I can write a whole book about her story till 7 years only.....
This year,I have not been in the mood of writing story, probably because my book writing last year, might have fatigued me out.
Have previously shared parenting and down syndrome awareness stories....will repost them.
In my book " which i launched last year,i dedicated a whole chapter to my daughter .CHAPTER 7 "POWER OF ACCEPTANCE",If you interested in the whole story,please order my book via https://nuriakenya.com/.../poise-personal-development.../
🖊️Have handled all this challenges, ups and downs, as a single parent (by choice)
🖊️From the initiation of motherhood, from pregnancy till age 4 years, i was a full time working mum, under employment, researching, studying and making effort to rise the corporate ladder ,and for sure i rose amidst all the parenting and health challenges, actually in those years, that's when my career picked up, full throttle, promotion after promotion and salary increases.
🖊️I learned, gained knowledge, grew my network, grew my skills, expanded to working in multiple departments simultaneously and rose to leadership roles.
🖊️At the same time i was making efforts to invest. I invested in a commercial property, setup a nutrition business, I built a home, setup a garden, reared chickens....and many more.
🖊️Setup a cereals business, at some point was selling rabbit meat, have sold fruits(MANGOES) on the road side.....GOSH WHAT i have not tried to develop me....
🖊️I was running a side hustle NUTRISUPA which is among the full time jobs that am currently building up and running.
🖊️From the age of 3 years to 4 years, in 2020 to 2021,I was in a very stressful toxic job, which eventually left me totally burnt out, stressed ,mentally ill, physically ill and depressed.
🖊️I eventually quit corporate work in January 2022 to focus on me and recover my physical and mental health. Have previously shared this stories,they are all in my book
IT IS DOABLE YOU CAN GROW IN YOUR CAREER, GROW YOUR BUSINESS,GROW ACADEMICALLY,UPSKILL,PARENT,INVEST,RUN A BUSINESS,HANDLE MEDICAL ISSUES,DO HOME SCHOOLING,PRACTISE SELF CARE,PRACTISE GRATITUDE,PRAY,BUILD A HOME,GARDEN,KEEP FIT,CONNECT WITH FRIENDS,BUILD CONNECTION WITH GOD,READ BOOKS,REST,EAT HEALTHY....and many many more.
It is doable,you can multitask,you can thrive holistically.
As I keep saying, you are a project, you are valuable, you are significant.
Please value yourself, take your life seriously
YOU ARE YOUR OWN RESCUE as my virtual mentor Lisa Nichols says
You are the project manager, the driver, the pilot, the architect of your life
Focus on you, invest in you, appreciate yourself, practise positive self talk, believe in yourself. Plan accordingly, set goals. Take your life seriously, manage your life, focus on personal development
👀Look...Look...She is all grown up,bubly,intelligent,thriving,defeating all odds attached to special needs children.
✨She is a creative
✨She loves colors
✨She loves Dancing
✨She is noisy and social.....sometimes i feel the noise is destructive...
✨She study's in a regular typical school
✨Her cognitive ability is super
✨She is intelligent
✨Her speech has super improved
I ENJOY PARENTING
AM APPRECIATING MYSELF AS A PARENT
AM CELEBRATING THIS GROWTH
FOR SURE HE IS A FAITHFUL GOD,HE HAS BEEN IN FULL CONTROL.
Author | Personal Development Coach | Corporate Trainer | Lecturer | Change Catalyst
