*MINIPOST*
REJOICE WITH ME FOR TODAY I HAVE BEEN A MOTHER FOR 16 YEARS!!
My Ninja Jr is 16 today. Though today may be her Earthday, I look at it also as as my Birthday.

On Thursday, September 26, 1991 at 9:59 pm, 8lbs, 9oz of life tumbled from my womb. The scariest day of my life became the GREATEST day of my life. I was amazed at motherhood and still am. I am raising her without a father, because I did not choose wisely. However, we (her and I) do not look at this as a tragedy. I have told Ninja Jr. from day one that it is Her and I against the World. I would be remiss in saying that I would not have survived the early part of motherhood without my parents, both sets. They are examples of what good parenting is. I call it my birthday because I became reborn as a Mother. The most important job on this earth . It amazes me everyday that I have a child. She is my one and only and my battle with cancer has made it so she will always be my only one. That makes her even more special, because I was a scared young thang when I made the decision to have her. I'm glad I did.

Ninja Jr. is having a Sweet 16 and has invited 100 teenagers to the event. No Ninja is not out of her mind, I just know you only turn 16 once. She's a good girl, not materialistic at all, intelligent, beautiful (she get it from her Mama), and not grown before her time. So when she asked for a party I of course said yes. However, don't get it twisted, I explained that there will be no surprise guest rapper and no surprise BMW in the parking lot. There will be pizza, wangs,(yes I said wangs) and a DJ. Oh yeah and a BIG ass cake with 4 of her baby pictures on it. (She's going to have a fit!). Get this it's a RED party. Rules: All the kiddies have to sport red, it doesn't have to be all red, but red is the move......and all the adult chaperones (Ninja, the Dealer, and friends) are required to wear all black and "Mommy please don't embarass me and dance or let your friends dance, or try to be all on people about how they are dancing, we are kids and we just like to cut loose sometimes." Oooooooooooookay. Yo, I never in my life thought there would be a day a child would ask me not to embarass them. I remember asking my mama the same damn thing.
We did play her and put her pic in the paper today. LOL! She doesn't even know yet.

Honestly, being her mother is the best thing I could possibly be. If I died today I will have had the joy of birthing, raising, knowing, loving my child. She is destined to be a great human.