Being in a blended family can be tough. It feels fractured, different from what the 'normal' family looks like, but matriarchs like rapper AKA's mom, Lynn Forbes, are normalising the ups and downs that every family has and challenging the idea of what a traditional family looks like.
Ahead of Mother's Day this Sunday, the glamorous grandma of Kairo, the child AKA shares with DJ Zinhle, has shared what she has learnt about finding harmony at home.
“As we approach Mother’s Day, and as I reflect on motherhood, I am most grateful for my own mother and for what she has taught me about love and family.
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"Raising a blended family, through many challenges, to live in harmony and raise a well-balanced, happy children is not always easy but its possible when everyone works together in the best interest of the youngest children in the family,” Lynn wrote on an Instagram post in which she tagged members of her family, including her son’s girlfriend, Nadia Nakai, and ex-girlfriend DJ Zinhle.
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The popular grandma, known as Glammy, ended with a powerful prayer for all moms, saying, “I pray that this Mother’s Day, every mother will feel the warm embrace and the love of her family and that her wishes for family and what she regards as family, will be respected and honoured, not just this Sunday but every day that she has remaining of her life.
"A loving and harmonious family is the most important gift you can give to your children.”
