Do not get me started on this form of abuse because…….CHILE! Gaslighting is a form of manipulation used by an abuser/ Narcissist to make you question your reality, therefore gaining power over you. You question your thoughts, your sanity, you question everything. Do not underestimate this form of abuse because honey it works and sometimes you do not even realize that you are being gaslighted until much later.
Now I promise you this is not how I intended to start off this blog but hey it is how I am feeling so just bear with me. But let us discuss motherhood and its struggles. I am tired. Yep, I said it T-I-R-E-D. Now do not get me wrong. Motherhood is a blessing that I would not trade for anything else, but it gets to a point where you are just tired. Exhausted is more like it. Mentally, physically, and emotionally.
I wish i could start my story with “once upon a time, there lived a princess in a big castle…”. Hey! I am a princess, no, a queen, but that is not where the story starts.
I am Congolese by blood, born in Lagos, Nigeria. I grew up mainly with my mother. My parents were never married. My dad left Nigeria long before I could even walk. I do not think he´s even in my first birthday pictures. He left in search of greener pastures I guess only that I did not really get to enjoy that, at least at first. I grew up with my mum, lots of aunties and uncles and loving grandparents. I remember my childhood to be fun.
One day at a time