Have you seen the Kevin Durant MVP speech? I mean if that's not the story of a single mother then I don't know what is. He made me cry. He gave me hope. She made me pick up my head and she made me realize how my struggle was her struggle and your struggle too.
Sometimes we feel like we are out here alone. I know for me it feels like that all the time. I wasn't the teen mom. I was the adult that had a baby without a partner. All my friends have babies and they have partners. I'm alone in that aspect. I don't have someone with an extra check to take care of my baby. It's just me. My one little (soon to be larger, name it and claim it) paycheck. It's just me getting up in the middle of the night.
It's me that has to sacrifice for Camden. I have to turn down all types of great opportunities to make sure he's good. And I'm not saying that because I'm bitter about it. I'm saying it because I want him good. I don't mind that I am not a college graduate. I had to put that off to get this money and make a life for my son. When I decided that I was going to have my baby, I decided that he was first in my life.
I don't have a house like most of my friends. I don't have a husband like most of my friends. Don't have a new car, job that allows me to travel, stamps on my passport, or anything else that most people in their late 20s have. And I don't regret not having those things. What I decided to do was give Camden those things instead. I want to set myself up in a way that by the time Camden is 10 he will have been overseas. That by the time college rolls around, I have the money to pay for his whole 4 years (nothing more he better graduate on time). I'm setting myself up now that when he's a little older I can start living again.
I plan to do all the things I wanted to do with my life. But I now want to do them with my son. I want to see the world with him. I want him to give me away at my wedding. I want him to be there at my college graduation cheering me on. I want him beside me when I cut the ribbon to the opening of my daycare center. I do this all for him.
So one day he will stand up in front of a room full of people and name me his MVP. I do this so that he will know how much I care about him. We are not just here to take care of ourselves. But our kids and not even just them, but our kid's kids. I want my son to be the best man he can be. And I want him to know that his momma gave him the best life anybody could have.
This woman inspired me. Kevin Durant's mother is a hero. She's is a walking example of a strong single mother. If you have a down day or feel alone look at this speech. Tell yourself that one day all your work will pay off. One day the reason you got up and went to two jobs, didn't eat, didn't sleep, cried yourself to sleep, and felt hopeless, will get up and thank you! BE INSPIRED MOMMIES!