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My Mother's Only Child: Worry about Yourself!

     Mamma always said that she raised me to be different, not to ever settle but excel! In doing so, she prepared me for compliments, success and jealousy. Not jealousy of me having things but resentment that I was Loved, encouraged and protected by her! It took me to reach my adult years to truly understand what she meant. Many people that I know were also raised by divorced parents, single parents and many had both parents still in the house. However only a handful of us were raised to know the sky had no limits and therefore we were always encouraged to chase our dreams. My mother raised me to go for what I wanted no matter how long it took or how scary the road was to get there. Try, try harder, start over and then Achieve!!! 

It took me years to understand that others settling in Life isn't my problem because I was raised to know that I don't have to!  

Thank you mama.

Sherri M Littleton 

My Mother's Only Child 

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