For me being a mother means far more than having given birth to a child, or adopting a child. Being a mother for me means nurturing, supporting, believing in and encouraging those who are important to you. By now you would begin to understand that Avovision operates very differently from most companies and has the pleasure of having a truly unique team.
So this blogg is me simply acknowledging all the MUM’s in Avo.
Nomsie: For the way you have stepped up to look after your brother. For the example you set, for the home you provide and the dreams you dare to dream for Nqobi. For your strength of character, your wisdom and insight. I am so very proud of you.
Meryl: As I watch you interact with your daughters, as I struggle to understand your relationship with them, I marvel at the ease with which they share their dreams and experiences with you. The delight they take in talking to you. I hope that one day I will have the same relationship with my children.
Thenjie: A mum so far away from her daughter, how you must miss your daughter. Thank you for the way you take care of all the Pips. Your sms’s that you send through telling us how much you miss us, the notes we find asking us how we are, the calls asking us where we are. Thank you for the care you show.
Jen: What remarkable wisdom you have, that quietness that draws me to share what I feel with you. The comfort of knowing that in sharing with you, I am surrounded in understanding and trust. How remarkable to be able to trust someone enough to simply just be. So your children too have inherited your ability to accept and love unreservedly, what a legacy to leave behind
Tracy and Jeanette: For the love that you two so willingly share with all the children whose lives you touch. You two have such an amazing ability to give, to share and to draw within yourselves. It is easy to love your own, but you two give so much to others who have no relation to you. Thank you for all the lives you touch. Know that it makes a difference. This love that comes without asking is perhaps the most difficult to sustain.
Carrie: How easy it is to talk to you, to gather insights and to use you as a sounding board. How clear you are in what is important to you. Thank you for the wisdom you bring to my life. The offsite Avo mum
Hanli: A single mum whose daughters bear testimony to the love and care you show. It isn’t easy being a single mum, carrying the burden of responsibility, providing for your children and still delivering dynamite work while still speed dating. Well done!
Dinah: How difficult your life has been, I can’t even begin to imagine all you have been through. Yet every day, despite your struggles, you keep going, providing the best life you can for your children.
Jules: If you could, wouldn’t you try to save the world? Always nestling the Avos close, trying to serve them with all you are. For your unfailing belief in our team, for your passion for every person, for the sincerity you show in your interactions. You big old mother hen! I wonder if your boys understand how lucky they are to have you as a mum, in a world that needs to prepare it’s children to take up the reins of leadership and entrepeneurship, you live what we are just begining to understand. I thank you.
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Elaine, I have so enjoyed watching you with your children, you are such a very special Mommy. Your face lights up when you see them. They amuse you completely and I love the fact that you are in awe of them. They have taught you many lessons in life. Enjoy every minute with them Elaine, they grow up far too quickly.
I know a lovely lady. She has an angel’s heart. She’s sweet, kind and loving but here’s the nicest part: she cares for those around her, friends and strangers too. I’ve just made an awesome discovery, this lovely lady’s You
Hope you all had a special Mothers Day. I know I did, my girls spoilt me wrotten and I had a fabulous day. Thank you Tazzy and Kayles.
Thank-you, E. What would I do without you on my landscape? Your care, humility, depth, insight, strength, clarity, courage, wisdom move me. Elaine & Jules, go girls - we know your instinct is what has always saved the day. Two committedly intuitive titans I would track anywhere. A mother knows the difference between petulence from hunger, and petulance from disease.
Love you both. XX C
Hi Elaine it was beautiful what you said about all the mums,you forgot to write about yourself,because you are such a wonderful mum, and the proof of that is seen in your kids. You are rised them to be wonderful with kindness and Gentleness you potry.
I love watching you with your children - you become completely present with them, let them be. You bake with them and smile about the flour all over the kitchen, you paint with them, and laugh about the footprints on the floor.
I hope I can be 20% as good a mom as you - that will be enough.
Often in life we see, hear, or say something which makes us realise just how wise and special our mothers are. Every time I meet with you all, I seem to be “mothered” by you in some way. Your kindness, your thoughtfulness, etc, seems to over flow in Avo. Maybe, just maybe it is something special you have experienced from someone special that exudes from each of you. Not only you parents, but you children too.
Elaine you are so wonderful, this is what makes avo Special and you are driving that culture. thanks for being part of us.
Jeez, I thought I was the emotional one!
I may not be a mother yet but I can only hope to be as great a mom as the moms at Avo.
Elaine, thanks for not forgetting the special days and moments that so many of us overlook because it’s ‘just another day’… .
XXX
You will never know how much you support the Avo’s directly and indirectly. Thank you.