~~~ I am just a simple mother with the heaviest task on earth to keep safe, to care, to love forever as I am responsible for my child. ~~~ and I try, try to be perfect to be the guide, the teacher and the ever-loving parent, always, of my child ~~~ but I fall, I stumble, I make so many mistakes there is no school where I can learn, no book that tells me how to raise or how to teach my child ~~~ still it doesn't stop me I keep trying, I go on, not being ashamed of the mistakes admitting them, learning from them growing, in my journey as the parent of my child ~~~ because I have an obligation, a destination and a never-stopping desire as I am responsible, forever, for the treasure, that is my child ~~~~

Corine
mother of Kevin and Nerissa
august 2002