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The Promise Of The World Mikkita L. Moore
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remember growing up, having the experience of our (my mom and I) summer road trips to Memphis. I remember how fun it was to see all of the mountains, stop at the different gas stations and truck stops along the way. I also remember promising myself that, one day, I would do the same thing with my children.
would be their first plane ride as well as their first cruise. I remember vividly the looks on their faces when they saw the ”really big boat” as my daughter said as she gazed out of the shuttle bus window. “Mommy are we getting on that really big boat over there, mommy, really mommy?” I can still hear those words as if it happened yesterday.
I knew very early on that I wanted to be the type of mom that gave her children life experiences, more than materialistic things like shoes and clothes. “Memories last forever while material things last only a season.”
Since then, I have taken my children on many trips, the boys included, internationally as well as taking them to different cities within the United States. Traveling with them for me is more than just being able to say they went, it’s more about the experience of getting off your block, out of your hometown. They experienced something different, from the food to the culture, to the people. I want them to see that there is so much more to the world than just Chicago and the things that they tend to see every day.
I am a mother of five, three boys and two girls, ranging in age now from 29 to 9 years old. My boys spent most of their weekends, and school breaks with their dad, so, because of this, I started my family traveling with my daughters. The three of us having girls’ trips whenever I could. On our first trip, I took my then 18-year-old and my 10-month-old on a cruise to the Bahamas, yes, my girls are 17 years apart, I still wonder what in the world I was thinking with that one, but even with the age gap they had an amazing time. This trip
W.O.E
From that very moment, I knew this is a memory she would hold on to forever.
I do have to admit that between the years of 2015 through 2019, family traveling slowed down tremendously for us, this due to adulting… bills, not being able to afford to go comfortably, etc., however after the pandemic
WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE
