This is a modern version of the song Wake Up Everybody, and I share it with you. I just finished watching Akeelah and the Bee, and the original version of this song was in it. I have been feeling a sense of urgency these days because times are wild out here for young people. Grown Men and Women, especially Mommas and Daddies... we need to Wake Up and accept the great responsibility of teaching our young people their glorious value. It is truly a matter of life and death for our community.
I am a mother of two beautiful young men (age 15 and 11). My BabyDaddy and I grew up as we were raising our children, and some of our growing pains have cause them to enter their life's journey with some pains of their own. The other day, I realized that I am able to actually talk and laugh with their father without anger or stress... in that moment I felt an extra dose of joy, because he and I have come a long way! Today I can say we are truly co-parenting and its a beautiful blessing for our sons. Our intentions have always been to give our children the best we had to give, and its wonderful to see our maturity at this point in their lives. For a period of time, there was a lot of drama between us and it took a piece of our sons' joy. I would sometimes look into my children's eyes and see their sadness and pain. It hurt me so much to see them sad, and for a while that pain made me even angrier with their father because I believed in my heart it was "his fault". But the truth was that until we both were able to see our own role in their pain... the drama would remain. All of that to say...when the adults in our sons' lives GOT IT TOGETHER... their smile came back. Let's WAKE UP, because our children need us to... it truly is a matter of LIFE or DEATH.
Much luv,
Wonder Woman
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