Much like a lighthouse leads ships safely to port, a mother guides her child down the path of life, encouraging them to grow Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. One of my favorite quotes is from Rudyard Kipling, and it goes, “God could not be everywhere, therefore he made mothers.” On page 31 of my book, Great Mother Heart, I write: My mother, throughout her life, taught [...]
Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … As another holiday season rapidly approaches it’s important to step back from the hustle and bustle and shopping and planning long enough to reflect upon where we’ve come from and who we are today. I’m never able to do that without starting at the beginning … the boy I was and the love, sacrifice, and dreams that led me down the path to the [...]
Jones Onigbinde – Great Mother Heart … Of all the difficulties parents face, one of the most challenging to balance is what you want your child to accomplish and their own, very personal, goals for themselves. One of the most rewarding things a mother can do is nurture her child, set a foundation in place to help her child succeed in life, faith, love, and happiness and to become a positive influence [...]
“What do you want to do? You keep talking about how much you hate your job but you’re not doing anything about it.” I look at him in the driver’s seat, one hand on the wheel, the other leaning on the console. So relaxed as he asks me what I want to do with the rest of my life. Which, as a 28-year-old mother of two, I should have probably already known. “I don’t know. I feel [...]
