What happens when your family isn't the design that you had in your head? How do you make lemonade out of the lemons you have been given in your life? You keep moving.
Tiana (Tia) is hilarious. She has made me laugh for many years. Her humor is a skill that she uses to mask her emotions. Tia has dealt with many situations that are out of her control. Tia is a single mom of 5 children. The ages range from 15 to 3 years old. Tiana did not plan to become a single mother...most single moms don't plan. What is a part of the plan is for Tia and the children to continue to thrive.
Married at a young age and learning to find her voice, Tia had 3 children. Her love story ended. It was the beginning of her growth as an individual while empowering her children to be everything God created them to be. Tia relocated to Arizona and found love again with her second husband. Tia had 2 more children with this relationship and found that she was a better friend to her husband rather than a wife. Tia is a single mom that continues to raise 5 little people into well-rounded, intelligent, and caring people.
Tia shares some fundamental beliefs about being a single parent:
1) Love yourself before you decide to love another person
2) Your kids live out the love you give
3) Stop worrying, everything will work out
We are doing the best that we can with what we know. When we know better, we do better. There are so many situations that combine our desires and circumstances. Tia is not a stereotype, she is not a cautionary tale. She has dreams and goals for herself. She has mastered the art of creating a culture of Love in her home. That is the best example for her littles...keep moving. Resilience has been built here.
Hey Tiana, you're doing good kid!
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