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Media personality Victoria Rubadiri has shared details of what she had to let go when she assumed the role of being a mom at a young age. Speaking during a special interview on Mother’s Day 2020, the renowned media personality picked out the single most important lesson she learned after getting pregnant at just 18.
"In terms of thinking about what you had to give up, a lot of times the first thing that jumps into someone's mind could be a thing or a lifestyle or my social self. But for me, because I got pregnant young, I fell into the stereotypical definition of a single young mum. What I had to let go of was that tag 'typical single mum'," she narrated.
According to her, she did not let the title ‘single mother’ come between her ambitious dreams and so, she made a conscious decision about it. She instead chose to look inwards and actively decided to work on herself.
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"I made a conscious decision early on that I will not be that (typical single mum), and as a result, the choices I would make, to who I am now basically determined that,” she said.
"Never ever did I want my daughter to grow up having that same residue of my mistake to be put upon her and for her to feel that she was less or a second-class citizen because she is from a certain home," she added.
She further added that making that decision helped her heal and now she can look back at that moment and feel nothing in terms of guilt or condemnation.
"Making that decision helped me bring her up to the person she is now and actually helped me heal.
"I can now look back at that moment and feel nothing in terms of guilt or condemnation. I truly have grown out of that person and I can now give from a place of healing and wholeness," she reflected.
Rubadiri emphasized the importance of single mums making the conscious decision to ditch the stereotype from within.
"Don't let that moment define your journey or you, come out of it and grow. You can reinvent yourself into anyone or anything," she stated.
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In 2017, she narrated how she struggled with low self-esteem after her family relocated from Kenya to the US when she was only 10 years old.
"Growing up here, I was very friendly, but moving to the US is where my self-esteem took a hit. My personality just went down. You are getting into an inner-city kind of environment from a very cosy Nairobi full of family and friends, and it wasn't the most welcoming environment," she recounted.
