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We do not create our destiny; we participate in its unfolding
By Naida Nuñez
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THIS STORY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED. WHERE I AM NOW, IS A PLACE I DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE IN 10 YRS AGO. LET’S BEGIN FROM WHEN I WAS BORN. IT WAS IN 1989 OF FEBRUARY, MY BIOLOGICAL MUM COULDN’T PAY FOR US TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND 2 DAYS LATER, SOMEONE ELSE HAD TO STEP IN TO TAKE ME, AND RAISE ME AS HER OWN.
The woman who raised me is a single parent of 5. She’s a widow when she took me in. Her influence on me is so strong; giving up on your kids has never been and will never be an option. She’s not my real mum but she’s always been a mother to me and my girls.
She’s able to raise us, and at the same time be able to help the needy ones from the province. No matter what life threw at her, she faced everything by herself and didn’t give up on her children. She’s a woman of strength and honour. She’s amazing! I can’t help but compare.
What I have been looking for was there all along. I dwell in so much pain and sadness in the past, I hid in the dark and I was unable to see the love that was already there.
Those bitter trials were blessings in disguise. I had to experience them to make me realise who is there for me and who isn’t. I was forced to work on something else, somewhere else, to heal and embrace change. To find out later on that those tower moments led me exactly where I needed to be.
I have definitely created a family; a family that extends worldwide.
Read the complete article in the new issue of Mumpreneur Movement Magazine: Imposter To Influencer.
Naida Nunez
An Intuitive Serial Entrepreneur. Grateful to be working as Mumpreneur Movement’s Creative Director and working side by side with one of the best in the industry - Tammie Pike.
Naida has been working with digital magazines, marketing companies, influencers and e-Commerce businesses since 2016.
Prior to that, she worked with various contact centres as a trainer, and has enjoyed doing volunteer work such as tutoring non- English speaking migrants in Melbourne, Australia.
She’s currently supporting UNICEF to help fund povertystricken children in the Philippines.
Her 2 girls are her world. A certified crazy cat-lady, workaholic and homebody. Aside from raising kids and 3 cats, she helps promote women empowerment and co-creation; she loves to collaborate, learn, and help other women grow their online businesses.
