Mother’s Day Message - She Glorifies the Lord

Once Bee laid eyes on Kenni, it was love at first sight and she decided at that moment to keep the baby who gave her a renewed sense of purpose.  She will tell you that Kenni gave her a reason to live.

Bee was such a pretty girl who always dressed beautifully and with the sophistication of an older woman.  She walked with a determination and resolve not common to teenagers (me) struggling with awkwardness and goofiness.  And she talked like a grown woman with serious responsibilities, but then again, she had serious responsibilities.

After school one day, I walked home with Bee and talked my head off about crazy teenager things: boys, crushes, dances, and whatever else going on with the kids at school.  She laughed and listened but never seemed to respond to those things like I did, which I thought was amazing.  Deep down inside I wanted to be as mature as Bee but knew I had a long way to go before I could do that. 

Well, on this day, we stopped by this lady’s house and Bee picked up Kenni who was this chubby, precious baby with her mom’s dimples and coloring.  Kenni looked like a little doll.  I watched Bee tote Kenni on one hip, dangling a diaper bag over one shoulder and carrying her school books in the other arm.  Suddenly, there wasn’t much to talk about, because I’d finally seen why Bee couldn’t afford to engage my childish chatter – she had a totally different set of priorities.  Bee was not only this high school student but she was also a mother, so there was no reason to continually ask her if she was going to go to dances or parties or other events, because she wouldn’t go.  In fact, she couldn’t go.

“My mother told me that if I was grown enough to make a baby, then I was grown enough to take care of her,” Bee told me during another walk home.  “My mother won’t watch my baby and I can’t pay a babysitter.”