Latasha Mills

BY LATASHA MILLS (Mother)

FOR MANY YEARS, I WOULD WAIT patiently and prayerfully,

hoping that my daughter and granddaughters would walk through our church doors on Christmas morning. As I ushered, I would constantly watch and hope for their arrival. And for years it didn’t happen!

My most memorable Christmas was the Christmas Eve when my daughter and my granddaughters came to spend the night. I was rejoicing within my heart. Because I felt that finally, they would attend Christmas services with me! What a blessing! It was then that I realized it was not my timing, but God’s timing. Oh, how I enjoyed sharing the Birth of Jesus Christ with my children.

This Christmas, because of COVID-19, it won’t really differ from the others. It will just be me, my daughter, and granddaughters, like it has been for many years since my mother passed. It just hasn’t been the same, with the gathering of my remaining siblings.

To put “JOY” in our Christmas, we are planning to sleep in, where we sit back, watch Christmas movies, play games, and make new traditions to look forward to in the coming years. What we will be most “THANKFUL” for is life, health, and strength. In this year 2020, we have suffered family losses, but not because of COVID-19, just nature deaths.

My Words of Wisdom, to other mothers and daughters, love each other while you can! One of the hardest things to experience in times like these is not being able to spend it with your mother.

Life is too short, make lasting memories while you can, and remember the reason for the season.

Latasha Mills, her daughter Anastasia Wright, 1st Granddaughter Ashanti Jenkins, Middle Granddaughter Quinta Is Livingston, and Youngest Granddaughter Destiny Wright.