Surviving the African Parent

 Thank you for all your love and support throughout the years! It's been a long journey and I am glad I have been able to share it with all of you! Surviving the African Parent the blog will officially be closing at the end of February. Make sure to check out our books on Amazon and our page on Instagram. Remember, we're all survivors!

 

 

 

  I remember one Sunday afternoon as we were coming back from church. My mom, my aunties and I were singing along to our favourite song when all of a sudden, we heard a muffled bang from outside the car. It didn't seem like too much of a problem until we started to hear a thump! coming from outside the car. It wasn't a one-off sound, it was more like the sound was coming regularly from the car. Thump! Thump! Thump! Worried, my mom pulled over to the side of the road. It turned out that we had a flat tyre! So all four of us came down from the car, high heels and all into the blistering heat of August. The mood shifted from happy and cool to frustrated and hot really quick.  Luckily mom called dad! Fifteen minutes later, he was pulling up beside us with a car. We drove the car he brought home and he stayed behind with the busted tyre.  Super Dad to the rescue. 

 

  'When I was you age..." It's the worst sentence to hear because it signals the start of very, very, very, very, very, very veryyy  long conversation. "When I was your age, I was the top of my class!" "When I was your age, I could cook for Africa!" "When I was your age, I was going to the farm in the morning before I went to school!" "When I was your age, I was going to the market all by myself!" "When I was your age, my mother had left the kitchen to me!" "When I was your age, I climbed a mountain!" "When I was your age, I built a rocket!" "When I was your age, I ran for president! I made ten million! I flew to the sun!" Listening to those conversations, you couldn't help but think "what didn't my parents do when they were my age?" If every parent was first in school when they were our age, then who was the last in class?

  Holidays are the best! … Most of the time. You get time off of school which is great! You get more chores which is not so great. You don't have to attend classes which is awesome! You get tons of homework which is not so awesome! You don't get to see several faces ( names not to be mentioned ) that you are sick of! I think this final point about faces you DO see is best left to the imagination. These feelings come and go with each holiday but they are always strongest during the Christmas break! Especially when the guests begin to arrive and you KNOW you won't be getting seconds because they're going to finish all the food.  When you experience that, you experience the true joy of Christmas holidays!