Caring For My Sweet Nieces

Good morning, members of the Motherhood community, I'm so excited to be here. I welcome you all to my blog.

It's my first time posting in this great community, and I hope I'm welcome.

I just discovered this community newly, so I thought it would be good to share my own experience as a caregiver to my small nieces.

I will be speaking on the topic caring for my sweet nieces.

I'm not a mother yet, but I would love to be one. Before now, I didn't like staying close to children, nor did I like children coming to my house to play with me.

But as I grew up, I began to understand who children are to their parents, and why I shouldn't send them away each time they want to play with me.

So last six years, my Aunty gave birth to a very handsome boy. He was so handsome, and I admired him so much.

I didn't joke with him either, I left my parents' house for my Aunt's house to take care of him.

Guess what! I became a caring mother overnight. And I was busy feeding the child, changing his diaper, as well as carrying him to and fro, so he could sleep.

Believe me, there were days he refused to sleep in his parents' room, and they would open their window and give him to me.

At first, I thought about why he refused to sleep with his parents, and I finally realized he had gotten so attached to me that he couldn't stay with his parents anymore.

His mother was a civil servant, and she was a nurse by profession. She didn't have enough time to stay at home and take care of the boy.

That was because she trusted me, and I took it upon myself to do what she couldn't do for her son. I became his mother, his friend, and his first love.

A few years later, she became pregnant again, and this time she gave birth to a bouncing baby girl. She was so energetic, and she looked more like a boy.

I went again to finish my unfinished work. I also took care of her the same way I took care of her brother.

She also grew up to like me. She never stops calling my name each time she doesn't see me in her room. Both of them are now grown up.

They speak fluently and they always perform excellently in school.

So yesterday, I visited them, guess what they told me!
Divine- will, who is my aunt's daughter, called me, and said to me, sweetie as she always called me.

It's been a long time since you visited our home. Please, can you tell me why? I looked at her and I smiled. So I told her that I got admission into the tertiary institution far away from her mom's house, which is why I didn't visit them.

My aunt's son Testimony asked me, Sweetie, can you remember the last time you took pictures of us? I wondered who taught them those things.

So I was trying to recall, but then, I realized it's been a long time since I took pictures of them. So I told them the truth.
And they said to me, Sweetie, could you now take photos of us? And I agreed.

I did as my nieces told me. They looked so great in those photos. Immediately after that, they thanked me.

I could see how excited they were to see me visiting them after a while. Indeed they're blessings. I learnt a lot when I was taking Care Of them.

And ever since I arrived at their house, I've been the one taking care of them. Once they return from school, they will knock on my door for me to open it.

And once I opened the door, I would take them to their rooms, remove their clothes, and make sure they took their shower before I gave them food.

After that, I helped them do their homework before they took their naps. They never allowed me to sleep. It's either I helped them sleep, or we would tarry.

I love them so much, and I enjoy the work of being a caregiver. Indeed, parenting is one of the biggest jobs on earth, but the result is always amazing.

Thank you all.