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.

Life is too short to be boring

Posted on April 29, 2025April 27, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 8 of 23 Be a SPORT!! Show up with JOY!! Roll with life…. Make everything more FUN by being yourself!! What I loved about my Mom was that she was always really sporting. Anything you asked.......click to learn what next.

Love, friendship as a legacy

Posted on April 28, 2025April 27, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 7 of 23 Mom said, “Friends will always come and go but the ones who are still there till the end, when you have nothing extra to give, yet they stay…..” For 50 years of my.......click to learn what next.

Loyalty and trust, hand in hand

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

Lessons My Mom Taught Me - Part 6 of 23 LOYALTY will always be found in the things you regret because it mattered I had just graduated and returned from London as a design architect when one of Mom’s male friends, a retired.......click to learn what next.

Crossing the Red Line

Posted on April 26, 2025April 25, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 5 of 23 Shouting (unless in an emergency) is never classy and a soft heart is easily diffused It was the era of those old black dialup phones where your toe shouted if the phone dropped.......click to learn what next.

How you treat others is a reflection of yourself

Posted on April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 4 of 23 Treat everyone THE SAME. From the Road Sweeper to the Prime Minister A ton of people brown nose people who have money or status, and whatever else turns them on for gain…. yet.......click to learn what next.

The Anchor of The Family

Posted on April 24, 2025April 28, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 3 of 23 Be the ANCHOR for your FAMILY because a family that eats together sticks together Family Gatherings Ever since I can remember, Mom was always the host for Gabriel Christmas dinners. Year after year,.......click to learn what next.

Quest for a life partner

Posted on April 23, 2025April 23, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Lesson 2 of 23 This might be the best one for me Teenage pregnancy My late mom accidentally got pregnant as a teenager with me and was immediately thrown out of her house. Back in the day,.......click to learn what next.

How will I achieve that exactly?

Posted on April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 by Mamapumpkin

Lessons my Mom taught me - Part 1 of 23 I really love my Mom I handed her a report card to sign when I came home from school one day and she was so excited that I was 3rd in class. St.......click to learn what next.