A New Phase

Seeing children growing up is the joy of every parent. But Grace, a woman who lost her husband a few years ago in a war was impacted by it. She had twins, Greg and Godfrey, She was still pregnant with them when her husband had left for war. She blamed them for her misfortune. It was due to the pregnancy that nagging had started, it was because of it she had made her husband join the war in an attempt to stay from her nagging. She only imagined that her husband would have still been alive if she wasn't pregnant. The children wondered about the resentment their mom had for them, nothing they did pleased her and it takes only a little offense to yell at them and this made them timid and choose to stay all by themselves. Both children look alike, and they had unique traits that made others love them, but it was a different case with their mum who was always by herself.

This fateful day, the twins had gone out to play, and while they were running on the field, Godfrey found himself in a pickle when he fell down and erroneously hit his leg on a stone. He was badly injured but chose to keep it a secret, afraid of what his mom would say.His brother Greg had to help him walk home by supporting him with his arm. Godfrey Never told his mother about the fracture on his leg. But time healed, and she was gradually healing from the pain and loneliness. She was beginning to realize that children are blessings and it wasn't their fault that they came into the world. But then she noticed the damage she had done because the children kept their distance from her, fear was written over their faces each time they saw her.

The next day when Godfrey was unable to come out of the room because of the pain and how swollen he was, it was at the very moment she discovered that her son had a fractal on his leg. Angrily she asked why he didn't tell her that he had a fragment on his leg?Godfrey shaking in fear, stammering at the same time as he replied to her.

"I was scared", instantly she rushed him to the hospital for the leg treatment. It was a picky moment for Godfrey, because walking became a problem to him. Still in pain he was still scared of speaking to his mother, instead he preferred his brother Greg and this worried her a lot.

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As time went on, she tried to build a relationship that was never there but it was difficult for her. She becomes disturbed and begins to discover that she knows nothing much about her children more than seeing them every day and believing they are doing perfectly okay.

Grace related her issue with her friend Frida, she said with so much worries" I don't know why my children see me as a masquerade, they don't talk to me or share their problems with me" she allowed tears roll down her chin freely."I know I have been the cause but I hope to fix this" she added.

"Do you have a good communication between you and your children?" Frida asked. "Remember at times children need that time to relate with their parents, through that way it enables them to speak up about what is bothering them". She informed her.

"Grace, a good relationship with your children is beyond just providing food for them". She told her just before she left.

"Thank you for the advice. I will implement this into my lifestyle so that I can relate well with my children". She wiped off the tears rolling out from her eyes, then she Left Frida's house.

Mrs Grace implemented a good relationship with an effective communication with her children though it happened to be a pickle time for her, but her consistency never pulled her back and Godfrey gets better day by day as he tries to Walk on his own.

Mrs Grace experienced a new phase of joy the moment she succeeded in creating an accurate relationship with her children.