A Mother's Monologue

The heart and the soul

Posted on May 22, 2025May 21, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 23 Always use your heart Always look out for THE HEART Whilst I understood what this meant at the time in my 30s, I actually did not know the DEPTH of the meaning, until more recently.......click to learn what next.

Be PROUD

Posted on May 20, 2025May 19, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 22 of 23 If you’ve got it, flaunt it As a teenager, Mom walked into every room like she owned it. Whilst for the longest time, I peeked in like I wasn’t sure I belonged. Mom.......click to learn what next.

How should I forgive?

Posted on May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 21 of 23 Forgiveness My late Mom, she was the gentlest soul with the biggest heart. Yet when it came to forgiveness, it wasn’t that she did not forgive, but to preserve her own mental sanity.......click to learn what next.

Inside the supernatural universe

Posted on May 18, 2025May 14, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 20 of 23 The more you learn, the more you realise how little you actually know… Despite all I have experienced and studied, I know that I only know 1% of this world, our Universe, and.......click to learn what next.

Amen

Posted on May 17, 2025May 19, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 19 of 23 When you have no one to turn to, turn to GOD Mom sent me this message whilst I was having a nervous breakdown at University because the collapse of my parents divorce triggered.......click to learn what next.

Crushed by disappointments

Posted on May 16, 2025May 14, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 18 of 23 Sometimes, people will let you down. (Oh, don’t I know it!!) Plans fall apart. (After planning a fantastic Christmas Party as Mom always does, Tessa decides to get hospitalised. My heart was crushed........click to learn what next.

Life skills

Posted on May 15, 2025May 14, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 17 of 23 Learn to DIY ….. EVERYTHING you LOVE This is hands-down one of the BEST advice I ever received. As a teenager, I used to break open electronics just to understand how things worked.......click to learn what next.

Clear Conscience and inner peace

Posted on May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 16 of 23 Some men will vilify you when they don’t get their way with you RSGC : 12 years old 2 sisters of similar age walked over to tell me that THEIR Dad told THEM…….......click to learn what next.

Be a wealth creator

Posted on May 8, 2025May 7, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 15 of 23 Make sure you make your own money because your brothers have support. You don’t. If you could hear the amount of times my late Mom drilled this into me until it was carved.......click to learn what next.

New me, old you

Posted on May 5, 2025May 3, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 14 of 23 Some friends and family choose to remember only the old versions of you. Good or bad, they judge after you evolve because they have not grown, whilst you have; yet still expect the.......click to learn what next.

Appearance is not always reality

Posted on May 4, 2025May 3, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 13 of 23 Not everyone who appears to be good is actually good Whoaaaa!!!! This took me soooo….. long to learn even though my Mom planted this into my head over a decade ago. I always.......click to learn what next.

Choose your battles

Posted on May 3, 2025May 2, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 12 of 23 You don’t have to let others know what you know. One of the greatest contentions between my Mom and I was the fact that she was too kind, and generous to a fault........click to learn what next.

Trust and be deceived

Posted on May 2, 2025April 28, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 11 of 23 Be very clear about your rights. Know your legal standings. File every important piece of documentation. Don’t be lazy doing this. Because my Mom did not. And this cost us our life savings........click to learn what next.

The lady in black and mum’s last rites

Posted on May 1, 2025April 28, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 10 of 23 Most everything in life has LEVELS, so we need to expand our minds to understand the concept of levels… Today, it is about kindness When someone makes a phone call to check on.......click to learn what next.

Embracing Islam

Posted on April 30, 2025April 27, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 9 of 23 Many assume that my Mom converted to Islam because she married a Malay man, but the truth is, she converted long before that. She was a sad and lonely woman in a dead.......click to learn what next.