I have always lived for connection. It almost always feels right to go this path especially when in doubt but if there was ever something so adorable that I just couldn't find that energy with, it was babies and children. There were no "gugu gagas" coming from me, no winks coming from me and likewise, I barely got a smile back or any chubby hug offers from these mini-people. I guess it's true, karma is a female dog!!
Fast forward to four years later, in love with one of my own and I am now "the playful mummy and aunty of the village."
My life now has me twisted with a passion for thriving little ones, after all their being among us was no choice of theirs.
Human trafficking, sex trade, drug dealing are at an all time rise and sadly, so is child abuse! Labour that goes unpaid and chores to last the day that are just never ending are robbing the young ones of the brain and body's hunger for play. Threats to what can and might be witheld from them if they play, sit, sleep, watch or louse "too much" are turning them into temples of timidness. Dwelling among relations and minders with deep roots in a dysfunctional family cycle is stripping their innocence and leaving them bare to the erosion of their dignity, joy and freedom that their bodies are just not big enough to fight for yet.
I get scares trying to even begin to think of the horror and trauma that children are likely subjected to behind closed doors. I can't change the whole world, as much as that would be amazing but I can change one person's life at a time and this is the thought work behind the "playful mummy and aunty of the village." This really is my way of advocacy for blooming the little stars, the quality of our tomorrow world.
When I hear my backyard filled with little sharp, loud voices from every corner, feel their quick hand grips on the bananas or bread slices I hand them on that plastic blue tray, watch them explore choosing for themselves which activities, toys or friends that they would want to feel good with, once again, I see it, the chance for bloom of each child, slowly into a more divine adult.
I doubt there is any more perfect sense in why the bloom advocacy is for every adult of the now and deep down, I am just happy to give them a place where they can be who they should be occupied being, CHILDREN!!
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