Any father who has a father’s love for his child would be protective of his seed if his child’s life is in dire danger. Similarly, unless you are a mother, it is hard to describe how “far” a mother will go to save her child! Any mother out of a mother’s heart for her child will #do unimaginable things, #go to unimaginable strengths, #say the unimaginable, if at all it will save her child when she realises the child is in danger! I call it a mother’s heart towards her child! There was this incident which happened that taught me to learn how to choose my battles wisely. Some battles you just step away. There no need to risk in a battle that involves someone else’s child, especially if the parent is single parenting! #Respect_single_parents ! I have this lady friend, who also happens to be one of my most loyal boutique customers! This customer has only one child, a daughter who’s in her teenage. With all the hype that comes with teen age hood plus much attention from her mother, she has grown to a young beautiful woman. But she lacks character or discipline! A fortnight ago, this customer came to my boutique to place a dress order for her daughter who was having a birthday party in a week’s time. By God’s grace, I happened to be present at the shop that day. She was excited to see me and we exchanged formalities then she showed me her desired design of dress. After that we went to my office for a cup of tea. Meanwhile my tailors took the details of her order and started working on the design. Half an hour later, as we were standing outside my boutique, her daughter came smiling, swinging her neck at her mom completely ignoring the fact that I was standing next to her mother! I wasn’t greeted and she didn’t even attempt to notice me. I found this action very rude and decided to ask the young girl about it. Did I even get the chance to voice my concern, no! That’s why I began by stating that what a mother would do to save her daughter if she’s in danger, it’s only God Who knows it! It was like a dramatic series, scenes unfolding one after the other. How her mother noticed that I was not happy with her daughter ignoring me, I never comprehended. Her mother quickly moved to stand between me and her daughter and turned her back towards me shielding her daughter from my face. Few seconds later I don’t know how she did it but her daughter left again and we were left two of us! Turning back to my attention my loyal customer politely told me her daughter had come to place more order! She had come to request her mother that we make three more dress for her! I saw pure lies fly out of her mouth in daylight. Within minutes the three orders were added and fully paid for. As she was leaving, she gave me the birthday invitation urging me not to fail. Of course I declined immediately after seeing her daughter’s attitude towards me. “Please come for my daughter’s sake”. She #EMPHASISED ! Her emphasis is what made me change my mind and I agreed to go! She made me realise that a mother’s love for her daughter is indescribable. Her statement echoed much wisdom in me! I could hear her tell me, 💭Christine, you don’t have to stoop to level of a teenager. Act with wisdom always and react later if you have to! 💭I could hear her echoing me, Christine, if you value me as your loyal customer then basically you will value that which is mine and treat my daughter as your own without judging her! 💭 I could also hear her echoing to me, Christine, you are a known Designer. You’ve encountered many characters in this field of Designing. Surely my daughter’s character is not new to you. Please don’t let her unruly attitude demoralize you. “Please come for my daughter’s sake” over and over these words kept rewinding in my mind. Then I realized, no matter how much I’d loved to have #REBUKED her daughter, my customer friend would have sided with her daughter still. Who knows,maybe it would have turned into something else!