when you have a strong sense of identity , accepting your body as one that adapts and change over time ,you have to be confident ready to buld up other women as a sisters keeper . as we will be celebrating womans day in days time i take this opportunity to celebrate my step- mother caroline she took me in as her own child when i lost my mother when she was bringing me up in this world , my step mother came to my life after the death of my mother who i didnt get an opportunity to meet it is said i was too big for cerfix birth so my mother dies before i came out !i had to be saved . my father re- married caroline my step mother who was an angel and the best step mother on this planet . she was there for me like her own child i was bottle fed and thats how i got my meal , she taught me how to talk , shared my first baby steps the funny thing is by the time i was one year old my step mother was with new born so it was me the toddler and a new born.life was very beautiful both my parents were there for us ,they gave us all we needed there was no day we ever go without . my first day in school was the best my step mother was there to guide me through in facted i ended up loving school more because of the encouragment i got from my step mother caroline. she was a strong woman , she was full of love ,passion and care she was always there to listen and help people in need . caroline loved kids so much every time while we having a family meal i would hear my step mother telling my dad how she wasnt happy with how the neighbour kids were being treated my dad was like come on caroline !you cant save everyone ! my step mother was like i can i mean dont you see how skinny this babies are we need to do something ! my dad looks at her like ok ! i will come up with something . so thats how " linda mtoto" foundation was born my step - mother caroline together with some of her friends decided to help take care of kids that are not well take care of and were mulnurished and especially those whose mothers died while they were being born , caroline helped brought them up with the help of an NGO that helped fund the whole project .caroline had friends from a broad who would come volunteer in linda" mtoto foundation they would cuddle those small humans , feed them , rock them to sleep ,some whold do the cleaning , landscaping othere would come up with beautiful play grounds that this little humans and other toddlers from the community would be let in to have fun and play in the ground for free. as years move by i admired my step mother caroline she made me see the need of giving back to the community and lending a hand when your table is full. caroline my step mother shawed me the need of having a kind heart ever since she came in my fathers life she brough big change in my fathers life. i bet my father was not prepared for this stron woman she married mother teresa lol. over 20 years my step mother caroline changed the lives of so man babies that had no hope in life some babies now are working and prominent people in the society. they call my step mother "" mom' one of the babies was getting her dowery paid she invited my parents over and told both families that if it were not for caroline i couldnt be here today , i saw my dad look at my mothers eyes and they both hold hands and smile. i'm so proud of my step mother because she is an ezample of a hero that dont wear a cap ,she touched the lives of so many young innocent babies that would have not celebrated their one years birth day . the community call her mother teresa and i'm a living proof that she is , i'm not hisblood but to her i'm more than her daughter . my dad and caroline my step mother were blessed with 8 children plus those they adapted were 10 , plus those she took care of were over 30 kids , my family is so big i tell you because of this woman caroline . every time i hear people talk bad about their step mothers ! i look at mine and smile alone1 this woman caroline was put in this planet to spread love ,kindness, share , gude , mentor as many souls as posibble . through her kind heart she has brought so much change in the community those kids that write books have written books about her , for those who like other diffrent career path have dedicated their sucesses to her . i sometime look at my step- mother now at 70' she rocks this short grey hair , she is still strong and with a beautiful smile she still kiss my dad who tend to shy off . now that i have my own kids two of my kids are named after her i remember when they were born my stepmother was there to hold them . she was like oh baby!! you gave birth to me this are my babies , my kids reallylove caroline so much it reminds me of me she was all i knew , my hope is to see my kids turning to be like caroline my step mother with a big heart. may be the challenges i see they are generation Z the gererationthat dont take things serious at all