Octavis & Nia, Lansing, MI

“I want my daughter to learn the love lesson of honesty and respect. There is no relationship without either of these components. If one cannot respect themselves, then they cannot respect the relationship that they are in. I also want to teach her honesty. I want her to learn to always be true to herself first. Don’t allow yourself to morph into someone who you are not for the sake of developing and/or maintaining a relationship. If people cannot accept you for who you are–good or bad, then that person is not the one that you should spend your precious time with. I always tell my daughter, you were not mass-produced. You are an individual that God carefully created. Spend your time with someone who appreciates God’s work.”

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